Dublin Port Tunnel Tolls for Northsiders & Southsiders

Ham'nd'egger

Terrontress wrote:

Well he's not from here so how was he to know? That is one of the biggest complaints about taxi drivers is that the crooked ones tend to overcharge those who don't have a knowledge of the city.

But even though I have lived here for seven years now, I would most likely fall for the same line if a taxi driver gave it to me. Especially if it was only €3. Maybe not if it were to be an extra €12.

In my work we get alot of people visiting us from the UK and we are in Donnybrook. They all take taxis to and from the airport. I'd say they'd be easy prey for such charges.

The correct line on this is that a taxi driver is entitled to charge you for any tolls/parking fees incurred in a journey, and especially if you request them to travel via a tolled road/bridge. They are not entitled to charge to return via same. All reporting of taxi grievences are handled by the Taxi Regulator and not the Carriage Office; be prepared to fill out many forms if you wish to report a driver for same. If you are using staff from overseas, Terror, try tell them not to use the tunnel unless absolutely essential, ie one hour till take off, rush hour PM etc.

tom1975

I see in today's news that tolls will be dropped to 3 euro at weekends for car users to encourage more traffic at weekends. This is at odds with the tunnel's aim to primarily facilitate HGVs. This seems to add credibility to the argument that the tunnel is being underused. I'd be interested to see if a report is produced at year end to see what savings were made to the economy in 2007 by the existence of the tunnel (ie speedier deliveries of goods etc)

Metrobest

I do accept the validity of tolls as a means of controlling congestion, but the charge at off-peak times needs to be seriously tweaked.

Like the Sydney Harbour Bridge, it should be tolled in one direction only, for example inbound in the morning peak and outbound in the evening peak, and that would maximise the benefit to the city.

It´s in everyone´s interest to have as many cars as possible running through that tunnel, away from the congested streets above it. But the inept city council that gave the world Royston Brady can never see the bigger picture.

Bogger77

The city council did not give the world Royston Brady, his parents did. And the voters of Dublin gave Mr Brady to the Council!

mickoneill30

tom1975 wrote:

This seems to add credibility to the argument that the tunnel is being underused.

Would you expect the tunnel to be used at the same rate by HGVs during the weekend? I thought it was a smart move. The toll can change to promote it's usage but priority is still given to the HGVs. That's what it was designed for wasn't it?

Victor

Metrobest wrote:

It´s in everyone´s interest to have as many cars as possible running through that tunnel, away from the congested streets above it.

One has to be careful that this doesn't cause extra traffic.

But the inept city council that gave the world Royston Brady can never see the bigger picture.

The NRA is the major partner in the tunnel, not the council.