WATERFORD is to have a second river crossing within four years and a new city bypass which will cut journey times into and through the city significantly.

NTR boss Jim Barry has said the ending of its toll road franchise in 2008 could be worth €600 million to the group.

WATERFORD’S Mayor Cllr Hilary Quinlan has welcomed news that work on the N25 Waterford bypass will begin in April this year.

A consortium including National Toll Roads and Celtic Roads Group has been selected as the preferred bidder for the new N25 Waterford by-pass.

Thousands of GAA fans from the North received a welcome boost tonight with the news that their road to the All-Ireland finals will be thrown open early after a personal intervention by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

SIAC Construction and Spanish infrastructure giant Cintra have landed the €600 million contract to build the controversial M3 motorway linking Dublin with the Meath towns of Navan and Kells, the National Roads Authority said yesterday.

THE upgrading of the M50 ring road around Dublin will only create a massive car park, the Green Party warned yesterday.

The upgrading of the M50 ring road around Dublin will only create a massive car park, the Green Party warned today.

NTR, the public infrastructure group, has reported a 63% rise in first-half profits, helped by growth at its wind farm division, Airtricity.

The construction of the Dundalk by-pass will be partly funded by tolls.

Celtic Roads Group (CRG) has been selected by the National Roads Authority (NRA) to build the the Dundalk Western Bypass section of the M1 Motorway.