Vol. 567 No. 5
415 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the funding allocated for traffic calming measures and low-cost accident reduction measures in each of the past five years including 2003. [14695/03]
The regional traffic management grants scheme, which commenced in 2000, is intended to assist the provision of urban traffic management schemes by the city councils of Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford. Eligible works under this grant scheme include the provision of traffic calming measures in residential areas. In addition, funding was also provided for the first time in 2000 for local authorities to carry out low-cost safety improvement works on non-national roads.
Details of payments made to local authorities under the above grant categories from 1999 to 2002 and allocations for 2003 are set out in the following table:
Non-national roads grants for safety improvement and traffic management, 1999 to 2003:
|
Year |
Low-cost safety improvement works(€) |
Regional traffic management grants(€) |
|
1999 |
Nil |
Nil |
|
2000 |
666,246 |
1,610,924 |
|
2001 |
1,971,623 |
1,639,385 |
|
2002 |
2,276,550 |
2,016,767 |
|
2003 |
2,569,020 |
2,070,000 |
