Waterford City bypass works begin in earnest.

mike65

True, I wonder where the tolls will be collected? Near the bridge or at the west end of the by-pass so they can catch peeps who want to use the west section to bypass Kilmeanden and get to the ORR quickly.

edit. just found the toll booth location its just west of the river before the ORR junction.

Mike.

JMcL

merlante wrote:

Besides, the M50 is tolled and there is chaos every day, so I don't think 'chaos' would stop them. Basically, you're not playing fair when you tax the locals for infrastructure in one city and don't in another.

The corollary of that is that the M50 shouldn't be tolled in the first place. Paris would never consider putting a toll on the peripherique - and the french really like their autoroute tolls, which are actually much more expensive than here. However, tolls only apply on inter-urban journeys, the toll booths are always a good distance out from the cities, to allow people in the catchment area of the cities to get to/from work and go about their daily business.