padraic deane
Tolls on the country’s national road network were formally increased this month.
There are 10 toll roads on the national road network. Eight are operated under a “Public Private Partnership” (PPP ) model and two are operated directly on behalf of TII, which are the M50 and Dublin Port Tunnel.
The toll increases will go up to their maximum rate due to inflation on the M50 and the eight PPP routes, but there will be no increase on the Dublin Port Tunnel.
Tolls on the M50 are to increase by 30c for cars without tags, bringing the toll paid to €3.50, while cars with video accounts will see an increase from €2.70 to €2.90.
Cars with tags face a 20c increase to €2.30 and TII pointed out that there has been no increase on motor car tolls on the M50 for registered vehicles with tags for 10 years to 1st July 2023.
On the M1, M7, M8, N6, N25 at Waterford and N18 Limerick Tunnel, tolls for cars will increase from €2 to €2.10, while on the M3, car tolls will rise 10c to €1.60.
On the M4, there will be an increase of 20c for cars to €3.20.
The increases follow the conclusion of the Government’s six-month deferment of toll increases on 30th June and the standard regulated toll in line with the inflationary increase will take effect on 1st July.
A statement from TII confirmed the toll increases are driven by the current rate of inflation (CPI ) and cannot go above inflation stating that the CPI increased by 8.6 per cent between August 2021 and August 2022.
A spokesman for the Department of Transport confirmed that the deferred toll price will apply from 1st July pointing to the TII statutory notices on the increases.
