Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 November 2013
730. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details, in tabular form by local authority, of the number of road projects at the various stages of planning, including the preliminary stage of planning, the preferred route corridor stage, and the preferred route selection and approval stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49115/13]
View answerThe planning, design and implementation of individual national roads are matters for the National Roads Authority (NRA) under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2007 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. As regards regional and local roads, the improvement and maintenance of those 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 projects to be funded is also a matter for the local authority.
Details of the grant allocations for both national and regional & local road projects for 2013 are available in the Dáil Library. In relation to the national roads, I have referred the Deputy's question to the NRA for direct response. If no response has been received within ten days, please contact my private office.
