Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 April 2012
1397 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans, if any, to restrict heavy goods vehicles from travelling through Johnstown village, County Kilkenny, as they leave the M8; his plans to fund a traffic management plan for this village; if he has had discussions with the National Roads Authority or Kilkenny County Council regarding funding for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17734/12]
View answerThe improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads in its area, is a statutory function of each road authority in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Roads Act, 1993. Works on such roads are a matter for the relevant local authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State road grants. Where excess heavy goods vehicles are deemed to be an issue then the relevant local authority, in this case Kilkenny County Council, may apply speed restrictions, traffic calming, or other measures they deem appropriate. The designated works may be eligible for funding under the regional and local roads allocations made by my Department each year. It is open to the Council to apply for a grant allocation under the relevant funding heading (where applicable) or to carry out such works under its Discretionary Grant from the Department under which a variety of road and traffic management works are permitted.
