Seanad debates
Wednesday, 23 March 2005
West Link Toll Bridge: Motion.
6:00 pm
Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)
This country will be known as the toll country. In ten, 15 or 20 years time, if a person travels from one end of the country to the other, he or she will have to go through several tolls. Senator Ross is correct in highlighting this development. If one reads the update from the NRA, a person leaving Galway in 20 years time will have to pay a toll around Galway city, a toll before he or she reaches Athlone, a toll between Athlone and Dublin, a toll if he or she travels on the M50 and a toll if he or she travels through the tunnel. A traveller will face three tolls on the M3 into Dublin before he or she reaches the M50. There will be a toll on the tunnel from Limerick city, a toll outside Portlaoise and an additional toll on the M50.
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