Motorists should not have to pay tolls for Jack Lynch Tunnel

I welcome your editorial of May 10, “Time for a debate on road Tolls,” with emphasis on the Jack Lynch Tunnel Cork.

At local authority level I have fought long and hard against tolling the said tunnel, taking into consideration that a considerable amount of taxpayers’ money has been invested already in the construction of the tunnel and its ring road system.

The tunnel was designed primarily to divert traffic away from the city centre. If tolls had been placed on the tunnel it would have defeated the purpose for which it was built, with very damaging environmental repercussions.