Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 January 2013
677. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that has been provided broken down by project towards cycling infrastructure in the Dublin city Council area in 2011, 2012 and the expected investment in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2367/13]
View answerFollowing the establishment of the National Transport Authority (NTA) in December 2009, funding for delivery of public transport infrastructure, including the provision of cycle lanes in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA) is a matter for the NTA. The NTA can provide details of expenditure on cycling routes in the GDA and I have asked them to forward the information to you directly. If you have not received a response within 7 days please contact me again.
Dublin City Council was granted funding by my Department for the development of a premium cycle route.under a Smarter Travel Project Fund set up in 2009 to support innovative demonstration projects that can assist in delivering the goals and vision of the Government’s Smarter Travel Policy. To date Dublin City Council has received approximately €5.5m in funding for the recently completed city centre elements of this route. The route runs from Portobello to the junction of Upper Sheriff Street and Seville Place and the overall design envisages a link between the Canals route on the north side of the River Liffey and ultimately with the Sutton to Sandycove (S2S) route. A sum of €3,694,141 was paid in 2011 with a further sum of €132,058 paid in 2012. Investment in this project by the Department is now complete. Future investment on the expansion of the route will be managed by the NTA.
