Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am not going to invite a delegation to see the town at this stage, but, as I said, I will put the case the Deputy has made, see what the TII has to say about it, and inform the Deputy of the result, because I think that is important. If the tolls were simply to be removed from the interchange, it might be expected to create a diversion from the M1 at this junction, attracting other traffic that wishes to avoid the mainline toll. Reducing mainline traffic would reduce mainline toll revenue as well as eliminating the revenue currently being collected at the junction. Traffic through Drogheda town centre would be little changed, but traffic on local routes such as the R152 through Duleek and the R132 through Julianstown would be increased by thousands of vehicles a day.

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