Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 430: To ask the Minister for Transport the location where precisely on the M50 will the barrier free tolling point be located. [7521/07]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy is aware, issues relating to tolls on national roads are in the first instance a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) in accordance with Part V of the Roads Act 1993 (as amended by the Planning and Development Act 2000).

As the Deputy will be aware, in January of last year, the NRA decided to replace the West-Link toll on the M50 by a single-point barrier free toll on the same stretch of motorway in 2008. The installation of barrier free tolling is a crucial element of the M50 upgrade which is under way at present. In that context, following a tender competition, the NRA have recently entered into a contract for the provision of single point barrier free tolling arrangements with the objective of having such arrangements operational on the M50 by mid 2008.