Matt Carthy
Question:192. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the length of local public roads eligible for maintenance funding within each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6056/24]
View answerTuesday, 13 February 2024
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In accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993, each local authority has statutory responsibility for the improvement and maintenance of their regional and local roads. Works on those roads are funded from local authorities' own resources and are supplemented by State Road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is a matter for the local authority.
Arising from the arrangements in place in relation to Local Property Tax receipts, the four Dublin Councils are largely self-funding for works on regional and local roads since 2015 and my Department no longer provides grants to these Councils under the main regional and local road grant categories.
Within the budget available to the Department, grant funding is allocated on as fair and equitable a basis as possible. In this context, grants in the main grant categories are allocated based on the length of regional and local roads within a local authority area of responsibility with additional weighting based on contributing traffic factors in specific areas.
The length of regional and local roads within each local authority that have been used as a basis for maintenance grant allocations with effect from 2020 are set out in the table below.
|
Local Authority |
Regional km |
Local km |
Total km |
|
Carlow |
187,992 |
1,062,079 |
1,250,072 |
|
Cavan |
404,073 |
2,503,646 |
2,907,718 |
|
Clare |
634,231 |
3,478,256 |
4,112,488 |
|
Cork |
1,320,362 |
10,420,451 |
11,740,813 |
|
Donegal |
785,569 |
5,383,828 |
6,169,397 |
|
Galway |
906,520 |
5,625,337 |
6,531,857 |
|
Kerry |
534,738 |
3,918,603 |
4,453,341 |
|
Kildare |
486,993 |
1,970,674 |
2,457,666 |
|
Kilkenny |
422,128 |
2,626,103 |
3,048,231 |
|
Laois |
346,302 |
1,863,742 |
2,210,044 |
|
Leitrim |
333,485 |
1,794,222 |
2,127,708 |
|
Limerick |
540,576 |
3,273,958 |
3,814,534 |
|
Longford |
152,440 |
1,399,716 |
1,552,156 |
|
Louth |
286,445 |
1,212,031 |
1,498,476 |
|
Mayo |
624,764 |
5,612,795 |
6,237,560 |
|
Meath |
577,973 |
2,603,664 |
3,181,637 |
|
Monaghan |
297,452 |
2,155,868 |
2,453,320 |
|
Offaly |
392,610 |
1,696,194 |
2,088,804 |
|
Roscommon |
375,896 |
3,376,993 |
3,752,889 |
|
Sligo |
236,195 |
2,443,127 |
2,679,322 |
|
Tipperary |
898,924 |
4,672,198 |
5,571,123 |
|
Waterford |
438,158 |
2,380,631 |
2,818,790 |
|
Westmeath |
307,042 |
1,900,654 |
2,207,694 |
|
Wexford |
476,996 |
3,003,349 |
3,480,345 |
|
Wicklow |
465,015 |
1,821,763 |
2,286,778 |
|
Cork City |
98,380 |
804,113 |
902,494 |
|
Galway City |
39,244 |
247,168 |
286,413 |
|
Total |
12,570,503 |
79,251,163 |
91,821,670 |