Garrett Fitzgerald
Ceist:86 Dr. G. FitzGerald asked the Minister for the Environment the amount spent on (a) the provision of new roads and (b) the maintenance of the existing road structure during the years 1989 and 1990.
Written Answers. - Roads Expenditure.
State grants for the improvement and maintenance of public roads in 1989 and 1990 were as follows:
|
Year |
Improvement Works (including the provision of new roads) |
Maintenance |
|
£m. |
£m. |
|
|
1989 |
164 |
30 |
|
1990 |
188.5 |
31.2 |
Annual returns of expenditure by local authorities indicate that, in 1989, their expenditure, from own resources (including rate support grant), totalled £6.9 million on road improvements and £70.2 million on road maintenance. These amounts exclude expenditure on overheads. Comparable statistics for 1990 are not yet available.