Residents fear toll will drive motorists to their village

THE National Roads Authority will today assure concerned residents that safeguards will be put in place to counter motorists escaping a new toll bridge on the main Cork-Dublin road.

Locals in Watergrasshill plan to protest, this morning and afternoon, at the official opening of the new, almost €300 million stretch of the N8 Fermoy-Rathcormac motorway.

Residents fear the new vehicle levies — €1.60 on cars — will force thousands of motorists to divert through the village.