Paul McGrath
Question:194 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the motorways and dual carriageways which do not have barriers to prevent vehicles crossing the centre median. [32049/04]
View answerTuesday, 7 December 2004
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The planning, design and implementation of national road improvement projects, including the provision of safety barriers, is a matter for the National Roads Authority and the local authorities concerned.
However I understand from the NRA that median safety barriers are being installed on all new motorways and dual carriageways. The programme of retrofitting barriers to existing motorways and dual carriageways, is two-thirds complete. This work, other than the M50 Dublin C-ring, is expected to be completed by mid 2005 at a cost in excess of €15 million. Route sections remaining to be retrofitted include the M1 Cloghran-Lissenhall, 16 km N3-Clonee bypass, 6 km., N8 Watergrasshill-Glanmire, 16.5 km., N18 Bunratty bypass, 12 km., N25 Dunkettle-Midleton, 16 km. and the M50 orbital, 38 km.
The position in relation to the provision of median safety barriers on the M50 is set out in my reply to Question No. 48 dated 7 December 2004.