Seamus Kirk
Ceist:307 Mr. Kirk asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the country road mileage nationwide; and the expenditure on its upkeep for each of the past three years. [22615/99]
Written Answers. - Roads Funding.
There are 90,303 kilometres of non-national road in Ireland. The expenditure on non-national roads in 1997, 1998 and 1999 is shown in the following table and includes maintenance and improvement and works.
Non-national roads
|
Grants from Department of the Environment and Local Government |
Own Resource expenditure by local authorities |
Total |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
1997 |
177,847,000* |
68,842,494** |
246,689,494** |
|
1998 |
205,642,865* |
81,382,117** |
287,024,982** |
|
1999 |
242,184,118* |
84,666,715** |
326,850,833** |
*allocation
**estimated