Authority on the road to recording €6m loss from eight toll operations

The National Roads Authority is expected to suffer a net loss of up to €6m from the operation of eight toll roads on the motorway network this year.

NRA chief executive Fred Barry said revenue from its share in public-private partnership (PPP) toll schemes in 2012 would result in a deficit for the State for the first time.

Mr Barry told the Dáil Public Accounts Committee that the State had recorded a net surplus of €2m from the eight PPP tolls in 2011.