Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 December 2015
615. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has established the cost of upgrading the N4 road between Cloonamahon and Castlebaldwin in County Sligo to enhance the Sligo to Dublin link; and if this cost has been included in the capital expenditure programme. [42304/15]
View answerAs Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. The planning, design and implementation of individual national road projects is a matter for the Transport Infrastructure Ireland (formerly known as the NRA) under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 in conjunction with the relevant local authority. Within its capital budget, the assessment and prioritisation of individual projects is a matter in the first instance for TII in accordance with Section 19 of the Roads Act.
The transport element of the Capital Plan "Building on Recovery" makes provision for several roads projects to commence which are targeted at removing critical bottlenecks or upgrading inadequate sections of road including the N4 Collooney to Castlebaldwin upgrade scheme.
In this context, TII will be drawing up an implementation programme in relation to the projects included in the 7 year Capital Plan taking into account annual budget allocations. The detailed budget for the scheme will be determined as part of that process prior to the competitive tender process for the scheme.
