The State has pulled in nearly €2.2 billion in M50 tolls since the Government purchased the West-Link toll bridge in 2008.
under the Freedom of Information Act show that Transport Infrastructure Ireland collected a record €212 million in tolls on the Dublin motorway last year.It means the State, through TII and its predecessor the National Roads Authority , has pulled in €2.196bn in M50 tolls since 2008 – when it bought out the West-Link toll bridge and introduced the new eFlow tolling system.
The Government bought out the toll bridge for around €600m in August 2008 and introduced eFlow tolling. In addition to the €212m collected on the M50, motorists paid a record €32 million in tolls on the Dublin Tunnel – up 18.3% on the €27m collected in 2023. A further increase was introduced last month, largely targeting vehicles that do not have a tag or video account.
TII hiked tolls on the Dublin Tunnel for the first time last year – with cars paying €12 to use the facility at peak times.
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