Transport Minister Seamus Brennan has indicated that the height of the Dublin Port Tunnel will not be raised to accommodate so-called 'super-trucks'.
He was speaking at the Tunnel's final break-through ceremony today. The €715m tunnel is a flagship infrastructural project in the Government's National Development Plan.
It is estimated that the tunnel will take up to 9,000 trucks a day out of the city centre.
The tunnel is now completely excavated and runs 2km from Whitehall to Dublin Port. Work will immediately commence on the mechanical and electrical installations for the tunnel.
It is hoped to have it completed fitted out by late 2005.
