OK, I'm setting this thread up to deal with the forecasted threads on the barrier free tolling system on the M50.
All new queries on the M50 barrier free system are to go into this thread.
If your query is on M50 speed cameras, M50 upgrade works or anything else that is not related to the barrier free tolling system then maybe don't post in this thread!
Background InformationDescription of electronic barrier-free tolling
Steel gantries will be erected over the motorway, spanning over the four lanes of each carriageway. There will be no toll plaza or any physical barrier on the road. Cars can travel at normal motorway speeds under the overhead gantries. These gantries will contain all of the vehicle detection and camera equipment required to record the vehicles passing under the gantries. A computer based system linked to the National Vehicle and Driver File then provides the owner details for any vehicles who don't have electronic tags or who haven't a pre-registered payment account.
Location of Toll
The new toll scheme proposes one single tolling point which will be located on the section of the M50 between the N3 (Navan Road) and N4 (Galway Road) Junctions, adjacent to the current WestLink plaza. When it becomes operational, it will replace the existing WestLink toll plaza, which will be removed.
Car Tolls
The car tolls, in line with (CPI), under the new scheme for electronic barrier-free tolling are:
Cars with an electronic tag account €2.00 per journey
Cars with a number plate account, but without tag €2.50 per journey
Cars without either a tag or number plate account €3.00 per journey
Key Points of Proposed Toll Scheme- People who don't currently have electronic tags can register with any of the five existing operators - details on NRA website http://www.nra.ie/News/eToll/ In addition, the NRA will itself offer a tag service from early next year;
- People who don't wish to have an electronic vehicle tag but who wish to set up a payment account based on the recording of their number plates can, from early next year, register with the NRA's M50 Operator. Whenever they make a journey on the M50, their number plate details will be recorded and the relevant payment debited from their account.
- For people who choose not to have electronic tag accounts or number plate based accounts, the registration number of the vehicle will be recorded when they make a journey along the tolled section of the M50. They can make payment in advance of the journey, on the day of the journey or up to 8.00pm on the day after the journey by any of the following means:
o On-line over the internet;
o Through the 24 hour telephone contact centre being set up by the NRA;
o Through a bill pay system in approx. 2,000 shops and garages.
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Vehicle equipped with an Electronic Tag |
Vehicle Pre-registered for Number Plate based Payment Account|
All Other Vehicles
Cars | €2.00 | €2.50 |€3.00
Buses and small commercial vehicles up to 2 tonnes| €2.80| €3.30| €3.80
Commercial vehicles between 2 and 10 tonnes | €4.10| €4.60|€5.10
Commercial Vehicles above 10 tonnes| €5.10| €5.60|€6.10
source...Tag Service Providers Using the eToll Interoperability System
A list of companies that provide electronic solutions for the M50 are listed on
http://www.nra.ie/News/eToll/#d.en.9155
