Cork Roads Lagging Way Behind :(

[Blue Jasmin]

The tolling might have something to do with the cost of the project. ?

 

[Crankycorner]

The tolling might have something to do with the cost of the project. ?

It absolutely does.

 

[Blue Jasmin]

It absolutely does.

Of course, but some prefer to see it as a cunning plan by the Dark Lord Eamon Ryan to make motorists suffer.

 

[JimmyBarrySmurph]

Not quite, the last 15 kms from below Bunratty South to Limerick is 100, be wide, it's shooting fish in a barrel country there

I’m a fish that was shot twice there and another time coming out of the tunnel
Got caught with the exact same 100km trick in Kill twice also

 

[markyboy]

'100km of safely segregated routes for walkers and cylists'.

'Might cycle up to the rugby there Friday night'.

Lol

Or leave a bit earlier and walk

 

[Rebel CNC]

Given the cost I suppose tolls are the only hope of new motorways these days. Tolls are annoying but it’d be a significant improvement on what we have no. I hope they drive on and planning permission is given ASAP.

Exactly. I'd pay any toll if I never have to see Buttevant or Charleville again!!

 

[Blue Jasmin]

Urgent reform of motor tax needed to ensure emissions targets are met, says advisory body

Transport sector set to exceed emissions targets, including legally-binding sectoral ceilings in 2025 carbon budget.

www.irishtimes.com

Increased transport emissions last year was driven by a rise in demand for petrol and diesel (7.7 per cent and 1 per cent respectively), “underlining the need for urgent measures to drive the uptake of more efficient vehicles in the sector”.

This is especially the case given the decline in BEV sales this year, the council said. “Without increased EV uptake, Ireland is at risk of being further locked into a carbon-intensive transport system, while consumers may be left with carbon-intensive combustion engine vehicles,” it said.

Re-allocation of road space for sustainable travel and denser development “are also essential to deliver the change required in this sector”.

Council chair Marie Donnelly said: “Significantly reducing transport emissions will be crucial if Ireland is to achieve its national climate objectives. People must be supported to make sustainable transport choices. For this to happen, urgent delivery of efficient and low-cost public transport at both a national and regional level are required.

“We want [the] Government to conduct an urgent and full review of taxation in the transport sector to ensure that taxation policy for households and businesses drives emission reductions while at the same time is progressive and protects the most exposed to change,” she added.

 

[Stacky]

This is great that it's going to be a Motorway, that will give us a dual carriageway all the way up the West to Tuam.

Not surprised it will be tolled , that ticks the greens anti vehicle agenda.

Now what is going to happen when all of that traffic gets to Blackpool quicker than ever ?

An article in todays Irish Times from a northern perspective as to how much better the roads are down here and delivery via tolling is the smartest way to go as the Cork-Limerick project moves forward while huge road projects in the north are mired in funding and political issues.

We have had tolled roads long before the Greens ever got into any government.

 

[Crankycorner]

Toll roads are very common. The following roads are some of those tolled:
- Limerick to Galway
- Dublin to Galway
- Waterford bypaas
- Limerick/Cork to Dublin
- Dublin to Belfast
- Dublin to Derry

This isn’t some Green agenda. Toll roads have been around for decades.

 

[ElderBerries]

An article in todays Irish Times from a northern perspective as to how much better the roads are down here and delivery via tolling is the smartest way to go as teh Cork-Limerick project moves forward while huge road projects in the north are mired in funding and political issues.

We have had tolled roads long before the Greens ever got into any government.

What proportion of tolling is there in say the Motorway between Dublin and Galway, Dublin and Kilkenny, Dublin and Waterford etc? Should the Pay-for-Motorway travel not be similar throughout the country rather than heaped onto users of some and not on others? Or is that being too parochial?