Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 20 Oct 1992

Vol. 423 No. 8

Written Answers. - County Dublin Road Building Programme.

Mervyn Taylor

Question:

46 Mr. Taylor asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline the current programme of road building in the greater Dublin area.

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment (Mr. D. Wallace)

Road grants totalling £30.919 million have been allocated to the three road authorities in the greater Dublin Area this year. I propose to circulate with the official report details of the allocations to each authority showing, inter alia, grants for specific improvement works, and discretionary and block grants for non-national roads. These latter supplement the provision made by the local authorities, from their own resources, for works on non-national roads. The selection of works to be carried out from these funds is a matter for the local authorities subject to general guidelines by my Department.

DUBLIN CORPORATION

	Grant Allocation	Sub-Totals
	£000	£000
A. National Primary
1. Major Improvement Works
N2 North Road Finglas	1,000
N4 St. John's Bridge	500	1,500
2. Other Improvement Works
N11 D'Olier Street/Westmoreland Street (paving)	400	400
3. Road Pavement Improvement	Nil	Nil
4. Bridge Stengthening etc.
N2 Cross Guns Bridge	300
N11 Leeson Street Bridge	70	370
B. National Secondary
1. Major Improvement Works
N81 Patrick Street/New Street/Clanbrassil Street/New Street	2,300	2,300
2. Other Improvement Works	Nil	Nil
C. Maintenance Grants
1. National Primary Roads
Surface dressing	—	—
Ordinary maintenance	480	480
2. National Secondary Roads
Surface dressing	—
Ordinary maintenance	—	Nil
D. Non-National Roads
1. Special Works
Summerhill	175
2. Block Grant	2,654	2,829
Overall Total		7,879

DÚN LAOGHAIRE CORPORATION

	Grant Allocation	Sub-Totals
	£000	£000
A. National Primary
1. Major Improvement WorksRoad Reservation (St. Helen's)	830	830
2. Other Improvement WorksN11 Loughlinstown (Median treatment)	70	70
3. Road Pavement Improvement	Nil	Nil
4. Bridge Strengthening etc.	Nil	Nil
B. National Secondary
1. Major Improvement Works	Nil	Nil
2. Other Improvement Works	Nil	Nil
C. Maintenance Grants
1. National Primary Roads Surface dressing	—
Ordinary maintenance	10	10
2. National Secondary Roads
Surface dressing	—
Ordinary maintenance	—	Nil
D. Non-National Roads
1. Special Works
Newtownsmith	90
Traffic Management (50%)	50
Urban Road Strengthening	50	190
2. Block Grant	251	251
Overall Total		1,351

DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

	Grant Allocation	Sub-Totals
	£000	£000
A. National Primary
1. Major Improvement Works
N1 Balbriggan By-Pass	400
N3 Navan Road	3,700
N11 Shankill/Bray By-Pass	2,000
Southern Cross Route	1,300
Western Parkway	900
Northern Cross Route	6,900
South Eastern Motorway (Sandyford/Shankill)	400
Naas Road Interchange	100
Palmerstown/Ballydowd (final payment)	322.4
Swords By-Pass	23.3
Johnstown Road/Westminister Road (final payment)	223.5
Airport Road (Stage II)	558.3
Lucan By-Pass (final payment)	872.5	17.7
2. Other Improvement Works
N1 Courtlough	150
N1 Lissenhall	400
N7 Deliniation	75	625
3. Road Pavement Improvement	Nil	Nil
4. Bridge Strengthening etc.
N2 Corduff Bridge
Turvey Bridge
Dawes Bridge
Balheary Bridge	100	100
Knocknagin Bridge
N2 Coolquay Bridge
B. National Secondary
1. Major Improvement Works	Nil	Nil
2. Other Improvement Works
Tallaght By-Pass (surfacing)	150
N81 St. Brigid's Bridge and Others	100	250
C. Maintenance Grants
1. National Primary Roads
Surface dressing	160	—
Ordinary maintenance	520	680
2. National Secondary Roads
Surface dressing	20
Ordinary maintenance	82	102
D. Non-National Roads
1. Special Works
Nangor Road/Boot Road	200
Nangor Road/Fox and Geese	500
Neilstown Road	150	850
2. Discretionary Grants
Improvement Works	1,113
Maintenance Works	269	1,382
Overall Total		21,689