Eric J. Byrne
Question:303 Mr. E. Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment the amount spent on road upgrading works and new road schemes on a county by county basis in the most recent year for which figures are available. [1785/97]
Written Answers. - Roads Funding.
The following table shows the expenditure on road improvement works on non-national roads carried out by county councils and financed from EU co-financed specific improvement grants; INTERREG (Border and maritime) grants; grants under the Special Support Programme for Peace and Reconciliation; cross-Border road improvement grants; restoration programme (road reconstruction) grants; road reconstruction element of the discretionary improvement grants and the councils' own resources.
|
County Council |
1996 Expenditure |
|
£ |
|
|
Carlow |
605,000 |
|
Cavan |
4,071,426 |
|
Clare |
3,138,353 |
|
Cork |
6,989,268 |
|
Donegal |
5,942,600 |
|
Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown |
1,589,506 |
|
Fingal |
994,060 |
|
Galway |
4,035,856 |
|
Kerry |
3,444,250 |
|
Kildare |
3,142,450 |
|
Kilkenny |
2,059,847 |
|
Laois |
1,823,640 |
|
Leitrim |
2,198,098 |
|
Limerick |
2,857,360 |
|
Longford |
1,845,095 |
|
Louth |
1,100,044 |
|
Mayo |
2,839,441 |
|
Meath |
3,605,196 |
|
Monaghan |
4,015,000 |
|
Offaly |
1,653,000 |
|
Roscommon |
2,559,000 |
|
Sligo |
1,516,739 |
|
South Dublin |
2,378,122 |
|
Tipperary NR |
1,552,500 |
|
Tipperary SR |
1,063,990 |
|
Waterford |
1,779,276 |
|
Westmeath |
1,367,000 |
|
Wexford |
2,219,000 |
|
Wicklow |
1,609,000 |