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Dublin tunnel OK for Hazchem
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HGVs carrying hazardous goods will be welcome to use the Dublin Port Tunnel when it opens next year. Robert Izzard reports.
CONTRARY TO initial fears HGVs carrying dangerous goods or hazardous chemicals will not be banned from travelling through the Dublin Port Tunnel when it opens next year, says the project engineer.
Tim Brick spoke exclusively to CM following growing speculation in the media that these vehicles would be restricted from entering the tunnel.
Brick adds: It is not to say that the full professional review, and in light of experiences elsewhere, may not come forward with recommendations as to the conduct of that traffic within the tunnel. This could be for any one of a dozen things, for instance, overtaking in the tunnel."
In addition, toll charges levied against car drivers using the 685metre tunnel will be boosted to €12 at peak times to maximise tun nel capacity for HGVs.
The Dublin Port Tunnel is designed to take heavy trucks travelling to the Irish port away from congested city centre approach roads and the quays area.
It is hoped that penalising motorists at peak times will free up road space for trucks. Dublin City Council predicts that the tunnel will remove up to 9,0(() port-re latedHG V movements a day from Dublin's city environment. This will have a major beneficial impact on air quality, noise, congestion and road safety.
The National Roads Agency says the tunnel should open in "the first or second quarter of 2006".