Toll fears as running of Cork's Jack Lynch Tunnel to be outsourced

Toll fears have emerged again following confirmation last night that the Jack Lynch Tunnel in Cork is to be ‘privatised’ within months in a deal believed to be worth up to €12m.

The management of the tunnel, which has been maintained by the city council since it opened to traffic in 1999, will be outsourced to Egis Road and Tunnel Operation Ireland (ERTO), the company which manages Dublin’s tolled Port Tunnel.

It will become solely responsible for managing, maintaining and repairing the tunnel under the River Lee from February 20 next, it emerged last night.