Limerick firm to help build Shannon toll tunnel

THE €370 million contract to build and run a toll road tunnel under the River Shannon has been won by a business consortium which includes a Limerick road construction company.

Limerick firm to help build Shannon toll tunnel
Tue, 17 Jan, 2006 - 00:00
Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

The company is expected to earn up to €2m a week in tolls when the tunnel opens in 2010.

The National Roads Authority (NRA) has awarded the Direct Route Consortium the contract to build a new super highway which will include a 600 metre long tunnel under the Shannon, west of Limerick city.

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