Groups voice concern at motorway tolling

Residents' associations, the AA and politicians in the M50 area have all expressed dismay at the prospect of tolling on the entire motorway.

AA spokesman Conor Faughnan said there was evidence that lorries were travelling through Drogheda to avoid the toll on the M1; through Enfield to avoid the toll on the N4 and were likely to choose the western suburbs of Chapelizod, Clondalkin and the Phoenix Park to avoid the tolls.

Hugh O'Connor, a committee member of the Gallops Residents Association in Leopardstown said that there were two ways in which the area would be affected. There was a congestion charge on those who commuted along the motorway to the business and industrial area of west Dublin. Secondly it would force traffic off the motorway into the local roads around Leopardstown/Sandyford and Dundrum.