No plans to toll Waterford dual carriageway

THERE are no plans to toll the major new dual carriageway link between Waterford and Kilcullen, according to those behind the project.

The route, when completed in 2010, will cut 19 minutes off the journey from Powerstown on the Carlow/Kildare border to Dunkitt on the Waterford/Kilkenny border, a drive which now typically takes one hour.

“It is government policy not to toll this road now. But government policy can change,” according to N9 project coordinator Joe Gannon. “There is nothing in our scheme to allow for tolling. But it is possible for the government to change its mind in the future. It would require extra land to be purchased down the line for toll plazas.”