Shock city council would ‘privatise’ Lynch Tunnel

News that the Jack Lynch Tunnel in Cork is to be privatised by the National Roads Authority is absolutely crazy.

The tunnel and the adjoining roads are the busiest in the County already.

Transport minister Paschal Donohoe has said it won’t be tolled in the lifetime of the present Government but what of the future? Let us forget for a moment that the tunnel should have been built with at least three lanes both ways, but now it is possible that every vehicle going through would have to stop for up to 30 seconds to pay a toll, halting traffic flow every time.