Car traffic volumes have not yet returned to pre-Covid-19 levels but the gap between 2021 and 2019 figures is gradually declining, new figures from the Central Statistics Office show today.
Latest available data for the week beginning 30 August show that the volume of cars in regional locations are 5% higher than in the same week of 2020.
But car traffic volumes are still 12% lower than the same time in 2019. Today's CSO figures show that car traffic volumes are now at 90% of August 2019 levels in the Dublin area and 88% of August 2019 levels in regional locations.
Meanwhile, heavy goods vehicles (HGV) traffic volumes are 3% higher in Dublin and 4% higher in regional sites compared with the same week in 2020, the CSO added.