Thomas Gould
Question:163. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport if funding is available from his Department for road safety measures and pedestrian crossings. [21568/22]
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The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from Council's own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the Council.
Local authorities can apply under the Department's regional and local road grant programme for funding for safety works. Applications for funding of lower cost safety improvement works under the Department’s Safety Improvement Scheme are invited in order of priority on an annual basis for consideration for funding in the subsequent year. Individual projects costing in excess of €200,000 are outside the scope of this scheme and fall to be considered under the Specific Grant Programme.
I was delighted to announce funding of €289m through the National Transport Authority (NTA) earlier this year for approximately 1,200 Active Travel projects which includes Pedestrian Crossing Schemes. A full list of the allocations is available here.
This funding will contribute to the development of almost 1,000km of new and improved walking and cycling infrastructure projects across Ireland by 2025.
Projects allocated funding under this investment programme were identified by the local authorities in cooperation with the NTA. I look forward to seeing the planned projects progress and to developing high-quality walking and cycling networks around the country through the increased annual funding over the lifetime of the Government.