Hauliers quit quest to raise port tunnel

HAULIERS have given up on trying to have the height of the Dublin Port Tunnel raised to accommodate super trucks carrying goods from Britain.

But they warn that the State could face compensation claims from fleet owners who invested heavily in new vehicles in the expectation that the underground motorway would be high enough to take them.

Transport Minister Seamus Brennan said yesterday he would “sign off” on the issue next month when he and his junior Cabinet colleague, Minister for State Jim McDaid, planned to announce new rules on height restrictions for vehicles using Irish roads.