Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 274: To ask the Minister for Transport his position regarding the way in which barrier-free tolling might be achieved on the M50 motorway; and if he has examined the system in Melbourne, Australia, which has been suggested as being one of the most efficient users of this technology. [17292/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The statutory power to levy tolls on national roads, to make toll by-laws and to enter into toll agreements with private investors in respect of national roads is vested in the NRA under Part V of the Roads Act 1993 (as amended by the Planning and Development Act 2000). In that context, the NRA will bring forward specific proposals for single-point barrier-free tolling on the M50 for consideration later this year. I understand that the system at Melbourne has been carefully examined by the NRA and its advisers as have other successful free-flow systems throughout the world including the Toronto 407 highway, and the Austrian and German lorry charging systems.