My Department's 1999 non-national roads grant allocation to Waterford County Council of £5.817 million includes a grant of £203,000 for the Tramore ring road in relation to works to facilitate housing development; some £97,000 was also paid to the council for the Tramore ring road under this scheme in 1998. These amounts are contributing towards the construction of some 1.3 kilometres of the Tramore ring road.
It is a matter for the council to consider whether to prioritise the remaining section of the Tramore ring road for funding from other resources available to it within its non-national road grant allocations.