Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

The forward planning for that tunnel was amazing. Public money was being spent so nobody cared a damn about it. It was only public money. Four years ago I put down a parliamentary question asking how the traffic would be funnelled into the port tunnel. There was a massive snigger from the Government; funnelling was not on its mind. However, funnelling is the issue. The N11, N7, N9, M4 and other roads around the city will have to funnel traffic into the port tunnel, which is not high enough to accommodate super trucks.

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