Comments for Plan Better http://planbetter.ie Working for sustainable Transport and Planning in Ireland Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Comment on About/Contact by Canice Clooney http://planbetter.ie/about/#comment-6451 Canice Clooney Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://betterplan.irishengo.com/?page_id=2#comment-6451 i find your proposal to replace tolls with lesser charges at motorway bridges to be laughable. I pay road tax which is for the upkeep and improvement of roads, and should be ring-fenced for this purpose only. People pay enough already on their cars, with taxes on fuel, road tax, VAT and a multitude of hidden taxes already on motoring. You cannot simply use a model which has worked in a different country and hope it to work in Ireland, Ireland needs motorways, until a credible alternative is found, rail in this country is a joke, cycle lanes and walkways will only have a limited benifit so motorways are the only viable option currently. Would you have us return to the dark ages where we all got around by horse and cart?? i find your proposal to replace tolls with lesser charges at motorway bridges to be laughable. I pay road tax which is for the upkeep and improvement of roads, and should be ring-fenced for this purpose only. People pay enough already on their cars, with taxes on fuel, road tax, VAT and a multitude of hidden taxes already on motoring. You cannot simply use a model which has worked in a different country and hope it to work in Ireland, Ireland needs motorways, until a credible alternative is found, rail in this country is a joke, cycle lanes and walkways will only have a limited benifit so motorways are the only viable option currently. Would you have us return to the dark ages where we all got around by horse and cart??

]]> Comment on Double hit for taxpayers as NRA needs €100m bailout on toll roads by admin http://planbetter.ie/2010/10/08/double-hit-for-taxpayers-as-nra-needs-e100m-bailout-on-toll-roads/#comment-114 admin Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:22:08 +0000 http://planbetter.irishengo.com/?p=1917#comment-114 Thanks to Bryan for sending a link to TV3's coverage http://www.tv3.ie/videos.php?video=27835&locID=1.2.141&page=1 . Thanks to Bryan for sending a link to TV3′s coverage
http://www.tv3.ie/videos.php?video=27835&locID=1.2.141&page=1 .

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