It is clear from the recent noises made by the Government in regard to Waterford that its priority is not to return to such original principles. The ESRI report states that the specifications for the Portlaoise to Cork road and the N9 south of Kilcullen, for example, are too high. If they are built to motorway standards they could take 55,000 vehicles a day, whereas at present they take about one third or one quarter of that figure. What is not spelled out is that if it falls to below dual carriageway status to wide two lane roads, it will only comfortably carry approximately 2,000 vehicles a day, which is well within the current usage. Within five or ten years, it is virtually certain that on the Waterford road, including most of the other major national primary roads, we will be above that usage.