John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister's response was focused on Project 2040 and big projects and he did not even mention the air and noise pollution impact on people who live along the corridors. There is no public transport using the M50 and it must be the only city motorway in the Europe that does not have public transport corridors or separated public transport corridors. There are no park and ride facilities on the major junctions along the M50 where people could park and avail of public transport, and no major employers have been issued with bus licences that could help ferry their employees to work and reduce their reliance on the M50. There are no measures for the next year or two.

I am alarmed to hear the Minister talk of "demand management measures". That is a reference to tolling. Is he saying the Government approves of and supports additional tolling along the M50? That would have a catastrophic impact on the residential and suburban areas which feed onto the M50.

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