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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 5 Mar 1997

Vol. 475 No. 8

Written Answers. - Traffic Signs.

Ivor Callely

Question:

118 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for the Environment the submissions, if any, he has received on the need to improve road traffic directional signs; the additional moneys, if any, which will be made available to road authorities in 1997 in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6227/97]

Responsibility for the provision and maintenance of traffic signs on the national roads network, including the funding of such signs, is a matter for the National Roads Authority. Responsibility for signs on non-national roads is a matter for individual local authorities, financed from their own resources, supplemented by the discretionary grant provided annually by my Department. Road grants have been fully allocated this year and there are no moneys available from which a further grant could be made to any local authority.

In December last, following extensive consultation with local authorities, I published a comprehensive traffic signs manual which sets out policy, and the standards to be applied, in relation to all aspects of road signage including directional signs. There have been no significant submissions to my Department in the matter of directional traffic signs since publication of the manual. The application of the standards set out in the manual will help to ensure that signage is both effective and well maintained.

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