Toll road schemes in European States
Quinn asked about toll-road systems and their authorities, private-sector participation, returns and revenue. The Minister said the detailed reply would be circulated as a tabular statement.
asked the Minister for the Environment the European States who operate toll road schemes; and the position relating to the following matters in each country that operates such toll schemes: (1) the nature and composition of the road authority or authorities operating the toll road or toll roads; (2) the equity participation in percentage terms of the private sector in each road authority or authorities operating a toll road or toll roads schemes; (3) the average return upon capital investment in toll road schemes in those countries which operate them; (4) the percentage of revenue required to cover administrative and collection costs in each road authority or authorities operating a toll road or toll roads system; (5) the number of road authorities which operate a system of cross subsidisation for their toll road schemes; (6) the number of road authorities which do not operate any system of cross subsidisation between one toll road system and another; (7) the total number of miles or kilometres in European countries which are operated on a system of toll roads; and (8) the percentage that such figures represent of the national primary routes system in each European country.
Comment on this
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
(a) Figures in brackets represent the number of facilities for which the authorities listed have responsibility.
(b) N.A. = not available.
(c) Road classifications differ from one country to another. These percentages are based on the aggregate length of the motorways and main national routes in each country as indicated in the 1978 edition of World Road Statistics, published by the International Road Federation.
Note: No information is available in regard to part (3) of the Question. It is understood that the revenue accruing to concessionaires derives not on only from tolls, but also from the concessionary rights in relation to roadside services e.g., fuel stations, restaurants, snack-bars.