The Port Tunnel has opened, what do you think of it?
By seamonkey
@seamonkey (1976)
Ireland
2 responses
@drakan291 (817)
• Ireland
3 Mar 07
I think it is making a mess of the M50. I feel really sorry ofr the truck drivers. It's expensive to pay the tolls at peak traffic times and they spend a lot of time just sitting and ...waiting. I miss most of it personally, but I drive past one of the logjams he truckers sit in and it looks miserable.
@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
2 Mar 07
Wikipedia says "The tunnel relieves surface road congestion by taking heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) from Dublin port directly onto the motorway network. This has positive knock-on effects for bus users, pedestrians and cyclists travelling along the quays in Dublin city centre, including better air quality and safer travel.
To discourage commuters from using the tunnel, vehicles other than HGVs are heavily tolled. HGVs travelling north and west benefit from the expected six minute journey time through the tunnel. A tunnel was chosen as it was decided that a surface relief road was not feasible."
Since I don't live in Dublin, I have no personal experience of it. I am interested, though, that traffic OTHER than HGVs is tolled. I don't think there is anywhere in Britain where that is the case and it is an interesting philosophy.



