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The unending saga of toll roads

ART6 · 2008-06-29 15:11:41

Reading in the paper today that only 4% of the M50 Westlink have signed up for electronic tolling because they don't want to release their bank details. The article ends by stating that the bridge cost €38 millions in 1990 and that the government bought the owners out for €600 millions recently. After spending €38m…

29-06-2008 3:11pm

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Reading in the paper today that only 4% of the M50 Westlink have signed up for electronic tolling because they don't want to release their bank details. The article ends by stating that the bridge cost €38 millions in 1990 and that the government bought the owners out for €600 millions recently. After spending €38m followed by 17 years of collecting tolls the company collects €600 m of public money? That is some return on investment. Am I alone in thinking that is outrageous and that ministerial heads should roll for it?

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ART6 wrote: »

Am I alone in thinking that is outrageous and that ministerial heads should roll for it?

No you are definitely not alone

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#3 29-06-2008 3:20pm

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politics?

commuting and transport ?

infrastructure?

not here, anyway ....

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