Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 April 2012
1398 Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends asking the National Roads Authority to produce standards for regional roads, in order that all local authorities would have a standard laid out for them in relation to the repair and upgrade of regional roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17878/12]
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. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for local authorities. Local authorities have been provided with a number of best practice documents and are required to follow the guidelines in these documents when carrying out grant aided works on regional and local roads. These best practice documents are available on the Department's website www.dttas.ie.
