Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Mr. Peter Walsh:
-----or even a rate. Even for the projects the State builds, we will bring forward a business case which will comply with the public spending code and will undertake appraisal of benefits, costs and so on. The rate is not always the determining factor as to whether the project should go ahead. The Collooney to Castlebaldwin road was a scheme we finished in the past year. There was an appalling accident history on the old road. It did not lead to much time saving because, in uncongested conditions, there is little difference between time spent on the old road and time spent on the new road. Strictly following the cost-benefit ratio measure did not really stack up, but there was a Government commitment to build it, so we built it. I think it is a tremendous bonus to the network and the safety of the network in the vicinity of Sligo. It is not-----
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