M50 busiest as traffic volume up 6% on national roads

The volume of traffic on national roads rose by 6% last year, with the M50 the country’s busiest road and the South Ring Road the most heavily used in Cork.

According to the 2017 annual report from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), 420,000 individual trips were made every day on the M50 last year and on the busiest section, between junctions J7 (Galway road) and J9 (Red Cow), traffic volumes now exceed 155,000 vehicles per day.