Denise Mitchell
Question:527. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review traffic safety on Jamestown Road (details supplied). [18351/16]
View answerTuesday, 28 June 2016
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The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of local authorities, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from local authorities' own resources supplemented by State road grants, where applicable. The selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the local authority. In addition, traffic management in its area is a matter for each local authority under the relevant Road Traffic Acts. Arising from the introduction of the Local Property Tax and the Government decision that local authorities will retain 80% of the tax revenues, the four Dublin Councils became self funding for regional and local roads under the main road grant categories from 2015.