Mr. Michael Nolan:

We are widening two locations. On the N3, the extra lane is to assist with BusConnects. On the N4, it is from junction No. 7 to junction No. 5. I sit in traffic on this piece of motorway. I observe freight traffic, buses, cars and small vans stuck in traffic along that section.

We hope to have a pilot, in conjunction with the NTA, to widen that to facilitate more efficient traffic, safer throughput and a bus lane from junction 7 to junction 5. That would give us a bus lane the whole way from junction 7 to the M50. It would not only provide for cars but also bus lanes. That is a driver for us on the N4. It is something we are working on for the N4. It will be a pilot bus lane with a hard shoulder. I hope in the coming years we will make progress on that. Widening the motorways is not only a car-based proposition. It is multifaceted and we are working with the NTA closely on it.