Authority faces bill as part of €244 million M50 upgrade

THE National Roads Authority will have to pick up the bill for a new section of Luas that will have to be built as part of a €244 million project to upgrade an 8km stretch of the M50.

Transport officials admitted this week that a major programme to expand the country’s busiest road to a six-lane motorway will also require a re-routing of the Luas across the busy Red Cow intersection.

The exact engineering solution on how best to accommodate the new section as part of a “spaghetti junction” to be constructed to eliminate traffic lights and roundabouts at the Red Cow has still to be decided.