Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 208: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent which he expects public expenditure to be affected by the increased dependency on tolls in respect of delivering on the NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2858/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The national development plan and the capital investment framework provide for the substantial Exchequer investment in the upgrade of the national roads network to be supplemented by private finance. The capital investment framework provides for investment of private finance of €1.36 billion in toll-based PPPs between 2005 and 2009. Subject to the outcome of the tendering process, it is expected that the current national roads PPP programme will secure this level of private funding. The national roads PPP programme comprises ten projects. One project, the west-link bridge, has been completed; three projects, the Kilcock-Kinnegad, Dundalk western and Fermoy bypasses, are under construction; and six projects are at earlier stages of planning.