Transport policy - Time for a debate on road tolls

Welcome, positive statements were made on transport policy and infrastructure yesterday.

One will hopefully energise the rejuvenation of the mid west and the other allays fears about the imposition of a toll on the Jack Lynch Tunnel.

Yesterday Transport Minister Leo Varadkar announced that Shannon Airport is to become a publicly owned, independent entity thereby cutting the umbilical cord to the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA). Cork Airport is to remain a fiefdom of the DAA despite persistent calls from regional business interests for greater autonomy for the gateway facility.