Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 September 2020
202. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport if funding will be made available to local authorities that have yet to complete the 30 km residential speed limit review within their administrative areas; and if so, when this funding will be provided. [23836/20]
View answerThe improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads (RLR) is the statutory responsibility of the relevant local authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from the Council's own resources supplemented by Exchequer road grants, where applicable. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the local authority.
Following the publication of the ‘Guidelines for Setting & Managing Speed Limits in Ireland’ in 2015, my Department introduced grant support for the provision of speed limit and warning signs related to the reduction of speed limits in housing areas. The Department has continued to provide grant support to eligible local authorities since then and this programme is now nearing conclusion.
Eligible local authorities have been advised that where a Council considers that additional traffic calming measures are required in addition to appropriate signage in housing areas, such proposals can be included in its annual Safety Improvement Works programme application.
The 2020 regional and local road allocations were announced on 21st January 2020. Details of the regional and local road grant allocations to local authorities are outlined in the regional and local road grant booklets which are available in the Oireachtas Library. Applications in relation to 2021 will be sought shortly.
