Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 May 2005
514 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are statutory requirements for local authorities to complete transport analysis and traffic modelling reports on a new roadway being proposed under Part 8 of the public consultation and local authority decision-making process. [14424/05]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe public consultation requirements laid down by Part 8 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 do not make mandatory provision for the completion of a transport analysis. Nevertheless, I would expect all local authorities to be guided on this matter by the National Roads Authority's national roads project management guidelines and its design manual for roads and bridges which require, as part of the planning and design process, the computation of traffic reports dealing with origin and destination, data, traffic volumes and traffic management.
