Toll charges on national road network set to increase next month

Tolls on the national road network in Ireland are to increase from 1 July, it has been confirmed by the Department of Transport and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII).

The increase will come at the end of the Government’s six month deferment of toll increases until June 30. The standard regulated toll in line with the inflationary increase will take effect on 1 July.

TII today released a statement confirming the toll increases are driven by the current rate of inflation (CPI) and cannot go above inflation stating that the CPI increased by 8.6% between August 2021 and August 2022.

There are ten toll roads in total on the national road network . Eight of these are operated under a 'Public Private Partnership' (PPP) model and two are operated directly on behalf of TII, which are the M50 and Dublin Port Tunnel.

The toll increases will go up to their maximum rate due to inflation on the M50 and the eight PPP routes. However, there will be no increase on the Dublin Port Tunnel.

M50 tolls are set to increase by 30c for cars without tags bringing the toll paid to €3.50 while cars with video accounts will see an increase from €2.70 to €2.90.

Cars with tags will see a 20c increase to €2.30.

On the M1, M7, M8, N6, N25 at Waterford and N18 Limerick Tunnel, tolls for cars will increase from €2 to €2.10 while on the M3, car tolls will rise 10c to €1.60.

On the M4 there will be an increase of 20c for cars to €3.20.

The TII statement said: "Toll revenue is used for purposes including motorway maintenance, toll collection and operations, and for the maintenance of the wider national road network".