€983Million In Toll Charges Paid By Irish Motorists Since 2020

Tuesday, 25 July 2023 09:19

By Oisin Coyne

The figures have been released to this station by Transport Infrastructure Ireland under the Freedom of Information Act.

Almost one billion euro has been paid by Irish motorists on tolled roads since the beginning of 2020.

The figures have been released to this station by Transport Infrastructure Ireland under the Freedom of Information Act.

Since January 2020 Irish motorists have forked out €983million in toll charges.

Between January and April this year €117million has been collected, with M50 toll charges making up the bulk of this.

In the first four months of this year, 55 million has been spent on M50 toll charges, 11 million euro was spent by motorists using the M4 Kilcock to Kinnegad motorway, while over €8million was spent on Port Tunnel charges.

In the previous three years, €865million was collected in toll revenue across the country.

In 2022 a total of over 347 million euro in toll revenue was collected, this was a major increase on 2021 when a total of €276million was collected.

Just over €242million was paid in toll charges in 2020.

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