It has been said that the motorway to Waterford might be scrapped as a result of funding casualties if the fast tracking of the motorway from Cork to Galway goes ahead. The thinking is that the Waterford to Kilcullen road will be the first to suffer. Millions of euro have already been spent in planning and preparing for that motorway, even going as far as signing CPOs for the road. The matter is now with An Bord Pleanála, where it might stay for 18 weeks. Once An Bord Pleanála gives a ruling, the NRA must buy the land in question, even if the Minister announces in December that he is not proceeding with the motorway. The ludicrous scenario would then arise where the NRA would be stuck with land it cannot develop.