The €34bn transport plan

THE Government’s hugely ambitious €34.4 billion transport plan will result in tolls becoming a reality on major roads throughout the country.

Almost a quarter of the funding for the 10-year Transport 21 blueprint - unveiled yesterday by Transport Minister Martin Cullen - will come from the private sector with €2bn earmarked for toll roads.

The use of some €8bn of private sector investment was vital if the Government’s drive to transform Ireland’s under-developed transport infrastructure was to be achieved, Mr Cullen said yesterday.