Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport if consideration has been given to lowering the floor level of the Dublin Port tunnel in order to accommodate all modern makes of truck, including supertrucks; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that such a proposal meets safety guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15875/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Atkins Consultants was commissioned to review the feasibility, safety implications and cost of raising the height of the Dublin Port tunnel. The options, including the lowering of the floor of the tunnel, for increasing the height of the tunnel were also considered by the NRA and by Dublin City Council. In addition, the contractor, NMI Consortium, priced the work that would be involved in increasing the height of the tunnel.

It was clear from this work that raising the height of the tunnel would not be justified having regard to safety considerations and additional cost and delay factors and I announced my decision not to increase the height of the tunnel in October 2004. The Atkins report is available on my Department's web site at www.transport.ie.