Dublin Port Tunnel makes €5m losses

OPERATORS of Dublin Port Tunnel are making a loss of €5 million a year, despite a 10% rise in traffic.

The National Roads Authority (NRA) said the financial loss does not take into account the estimated “hundreds of millions” earned by diverting heavy goods vehicles off the streets of Dublin and the transport benefits to the export and financial sectors.

Heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) do not pay tolls.