M50 upgrade ‘will only make it a car park’ Michael Brennan

THE upgrading of the M50 ring road around Dublin will only create a massive car park, the Green Party warned yesterday.

An Bord Pleanála yesterday approved the 810 million plan to widen the motorway from two lanes to three, to upgrade 10 interchanges including the Red Cow Roundabout, and to introduce an electronic toll free flow system at the Westlink toll bridge.

Green Party TD Eamon Ryan said the board's decision to give the go-ahead was a major mistake.