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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 July 2020

Tuesday, 28 July 2020

Questions (320)

Bernard Durkan

Question:

320. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the extent to which relief road proposals scheduled for Maynooth, County Kildare continue to remain on target in order to facilitate the growing population and traffic flows which continues to be affected by population overspill from Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18643/20]

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Kildare County Council has received approval for exchequer grant funding of €10,800,000 under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) to support its completion of the Maynooth Eastern Relief Road and Bridge Crossing Railway and Royal Canal. LIHAF is primarily designed to fund the provision of public off-site infrastructure to relieve critical infrastructure blockages and enable housing developments to be built on key sites at scale.

The Maynooth Eastern Relief Road is intended to facilitate the delivery of approximately 800 homes.  Kildare County Council has confirmed to the Department that the infrastructure works are currently at detailed design stage. It is the responsibility of Kildare County Council to progress the project and the Council has confirmed that it is working to advance this project.

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