asked the Minister for the Environment the amount of moneys spent by each local authority in the State on the repair, maintenance and strengthening of their county road network in the years (a) 1986 (b) 1987 and (c) 1988; and the mileage of county roads for each individual county.
Written Answers. - Road Statistics.
80.
The following table sets out the details of expenditure by county councils on the maintenance and improvement of county roads in 1986 and 1987 (figures for 1988 are not available) and the mileage of county roads in each county.
|
County Council |
Maintenance |
Improvement |
Mileage of County Roads |
||
|
1986 |
1987 |
1986 |
1987 |
||
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
||
|
Carlow |
778,157 |
745,665 |
Nil |
Nil |
584 |
|
Cavan |
614,569 |
418,208 |
273,113 |
420,318 |
1,468 |
|
Clare |
2,077,738 |
2,266,898 |
563,224 |
Nil |
1,987 |
|
Cork |
8,492,935 |
9,149,113 |
2,207,685 |
2,395,883 |
6,278 |
|
Donegal |
2,790,611 |
2,878,005 |
870,100 |
1,626,591 |
3,373 |
|
Dublin |
6,368,011 |
4,462,502 |
769,834 |
492,162 |
687 |
|
Galway |
2,048,806 |
1,578,180 |
734,436 |
1,552,095 |
3,281 |
|
Kerry |
2,427,288 |
1,757,085 |
634,742 |
551,287 |
2,366 |
|
Kildare |
1,387,276 |
N/A |
102,256 |
N/A |
986 |
|
Kilkenny |
1,297,257 |
952,340 |
80,905 |
384,756 |
1,531 |
|
Laois |
587,082 |
470,144 |
39,717 |
41,847 |
1,143 |
|
Leitrim |
643,958 |
819,085 |
154,676 |
211,646 |
1,167 |
|
Limerick |
3,120,041 |
N/A |
166,066 |
N/A |
1,760 |
|
Longford |
505,365 |
543,553 |
69,803 |
100,889 |
808 |
|
Louth |
861,329 |
886,269 |
58,746 |
6,797 |
602 |
|
Mayo |
2,095,263 |
1,339,906 |
971,601 |
1,863,178 |
2,939 |
|
Meath |
2,093,344 |
2,529,241 |
343,601 |
515,200 |
1,512 |
|
Monaghan |
1,311,494 |
951,091 |
210,000 |
210,000 |
1,249 |
|
Offaly |
622,948 |
522,009 |
191,919 |
402,551 |
904 |
|
Roscommon |
1,659,706 |
1,681,814 |
247,035 |
206,621 |
2,069 |
|
Sligo |
734,308 |
N/A |
161,065 |
N/A |
1,380 |
|
Tipperary NR |
1,129,496 |
1,009,923 |
159,665 |
545,007 |
1,391 |
|
Tipperary SR |
1,935,632 |
N/A |
216,790 |
N/A |
1,430 |
|
Waterford |
1,776,619 |
N/A |
Nil |
N/A |
1,316 |
|
Westmeath |
972,409 |
1,069,813 |
47,969 |
22,285 |
1,090 |
|
Wexford |
1,762,298 |
N/A |
339,000 |
N/A |
1,676 |
|
Wicklow |
2,128,356 |
851,301 |
236,358 |
708,498 |
970 |
Notes:
N/A=not available.
The above expenditure is funded from local authorities' own resources and from State grants.
Overhead costs are not included.
Mileages are taken from the 1977 Inventory of Public Roads.