Cullen defends most expensive toll road charge

TRANSPORT Minister Martin Cullen yesterday defended the €2.50 toll on the new Kilcock/Kinnegad bypass - the most expensive in the country.

The project clears a notorious bottleneck and will cut 20 minutes off peak-time journeys between Dublin and Galway/Sligo.

Opening 10 months ahead of schedule, the 50-kilometre bypass is also the longest single road contract undertaken in Ireland.