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Any votes in tolls?

  • 21-02-2007 10:35pm
    #1
    blucey
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 261 ✭✭


    Just wondering why FG/Lab havent come out against tolls, full stop. If we pay taxes then when theres no capacit constraint and so no road pricing issues, why not say NO to tolls.
    Imagine that it would be a fairly popular idea....


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  • #2
    Rabies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,258 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    Tolls are another source of revenue for the governmet. Even if a toll bridge/road isn't operated by the governemt, they still take a healthy slice of it in tax from the owner.
    No party would say no to it.


  • #3
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    It wouldn't get too many votes and it is just a populist notion that would cost us more in the long term. You don't have to use tolls excluding the M50 as other tolled routes have an alternative untolled route.


  • #4
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,580 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    blucey wrote:
    Just wondering why FG/Lab havent come out against tolls, full stop. If we pay taxes then when theres no capacit constraint and so no road pricing issues, why not say NO to tolls.
    Imagine that it would be a fairly popular idea....
    So you want the state to pay a few billion to buy them out?


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