Kevin O'Keeffe
Question:274. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the motorway routes which will commence construction within the next five years under PPP agreements. [39155/16]
View answerWednesday, 7 December 2016
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As Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. The planning, design and operation of individual road projects is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2015 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned.
In recent years four roads PPP projects have gone ahead. The combined Arklow Rathnew/Newlands Cross scheme has been completed and three projects included in the Government PPP Investment Package launched in July 2012 are underway at present. These are the Gort to Tuam, New Ross Bypass and Gorey to Enniscorthy schemes.
The current Capital Plan does not make provision for further road PPPs. As part of the Capital Plan, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform introduced an Investment Policy Framework for PPPs which limits expenditure on PPPs to a percentage of annual capital spending.