The Minister for Transport, Deputy Brennan, was in Waterford last Monday and met the chamber of commerce and the South-East Regional Authority. I attended the meetings with him. He told both bodies that two tenders had been submitted for the 27 kilometre project. The bridge is only a small part that links it together in the middle. It is hoped work will commence later this year to which we all look forward. The road will link with the roads to Cork, Limerick, Dublin and New Ross and bypass the city, which as the Minister rightly said has become totally clogged up. It will also lead into the port at Bellview, which is developing very rapidly.