NRA rejects claims tunnel users put at risk

THE National Roads Authority has rejected claims that it placed motorists in danger by failing to close the Dublin Port Tunnel, despitethe failure of key safety features.

RTÉ’s Prime Time revealed on Thursday that Transroute, the operators of the controversial €751 million project, had not followed safety manuals by shutting down the tunnel to traffic when problems arose with ventilation fans and safety cameras.

The programme highlighted how the tunnel was allowed to remain open to heavy goods vehicles and cars, even when safety monitoring systems had failed on four occasions in the past three months.