M50 toll bridges to be scrapped in €2bn State buyout

THE toll bridges on Dublin’s M50 West Link are to be removed by 2008, with the State expected to pay compensation of nearly €2 billion to the operators NTR.
M50 toll bridges to be scrapped in €2bn State buyout

A proposed barrier-free toll system will replace the present set-up, which causes huge congestion on the clogged city ring route.

Transport Minister Martin Cullen had strongly criticised the operation of the West-Link toll plaza and had described it as “a very bad service to the customer”.

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