Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I do not mean to sound condescending but I have expertise in the area of over 30 years. I will say it again. The M50 is the most congested road in this country. The European model is for an outer ring road to be built. Every major city in Europe with a dense population - not just capital cities - has an outer ring road or relief road for what we call the M50. I leave home at 5 a.m. and for 90 km that road is bumper-to-bumper with traffic, all converging on the M50 at a time when the boats dock in Dublin Port and all the commercial traffic enters the road as well. We do not need to develop Dublin Port further. We must examine the development of the regional ports with money the Exchequer will then get value for money from. We need it from a competitive perspective. We cannot have traffic sitting on the M50, further contaminating the air we breathe with NOx emissions. We must put the money in. We have all the plans in the world. I have been hearing about them, with all due respect, for years. The 50 acres will never be reclaimed unless the money goes in.

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