Motorway toll booth barriers to stay in place for at least five more years

THE removal of barriers from tolls booths at the Westlink Toll Bridge on the M50 motorway will not happen for at least another five years, it emerged yesterday.

Serious traffic congestion at the toll bridge, owned by National Toll Roads (NTR) has been a source of considerable frustration to Dublin commuters.

Yesterday, senior Department of Transport officials appeared before the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee to discuss the contracts with toll operators NTR.