Traffic congestion ‘adds 20% to costs’

TRAFFIC gridlock is still hurting companies across the country and adding up to 20% to production costs for the average business.

According to the latest survey of members of the employers body IBEC, congestion on the roads is still a major problem and measures need to be implemented now to prevent the situation getting even worse. Around 90% of all companies in Ireland said traffic was a problem for them.

IBEC members said on average congestion was adding 10% to production costs, but in Dublin the traffic chaos was adding up to 20% with increased haulage and delivery costs. The survey found that IBEC member had little faith in the Gardaí to do anything about the problem, with 73% of members expressing dissatisfaction with the force’s current methods of freeing traffic.