Dublin ban on four-axle lorries not to go ahead
A ROAD safety and traffic management measure that would have meant hundreds of large lorries removed from Dublin city streets daily has been set aside because the city council has no budget for the plan. Despite the success of a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) ban introduced following the opening of the Dublin Port Tunnel, the...
Tunnel lorry numbers halved
THE NUMBER of large lorries using the Dublin Port Tunnel has halved in the last two years according to figures from Dublin City Council. The tunnel, which brings vehicles from the M1 to Dublin Port avoiding the city centre, opened in December 2006 and has had a steady increase in use by four- and five-axle...
Poolbeg capacity ‘should be halved’
The Irish Waste Management Association (IWMA) today claimed the proposed Poolbeg incinerator was “grossly oversized” relative to waste needs and called for an urgent review of the project. The IWMA was releasing the findings of an independent report on the facility it commissioned. “The report firmly establishes that the facility is grossly oversized and goes...
