Some €34m was made available in 2006 for bus corridors in the GDA, of which €21,907,874 was spent.
The table below details the provision of spending to bus schemes within the Dublin 15 area, during 2006.
|
Allocated in 2006
|
Actual 2006
|
|
Blanchardstown QBC N3 Inbound
|
200,000
|
43,806
|
|
Blanchardstown Road North & South
|
3,845,727
|
9,999
|
|
Huntstown bus gate
|
200,000
|
0
|
|
Snugborough
|
2,189,614
|
2,239,728
|
|
Swords QBC
|
227,000
|
500,000
|
|
6,662,362
|
2,793,533
|
The DTO Executive reports to the Department, as funds are claimed by agencies, regarding the allocations to bus schemes and the draw-down on these funds.
The amount and percentage of such funding drawn down in each of the past five years is as follows:-
|
Year
|
Spending on bus priority
|
Percentage of total Traffic Management Grants
|
|
€m
|
%
|
|
2006
|
21.908
|
79
|
|
2005
|
29.543
|
84
|
|
2004
|
27.542
|
79
|
|
2003
|
14.719
|
37
|
|
2002
|
15.065
|
53
|
Information on bus lane kilometres relates to bus corridors serving the Fingal area rather than those within particular local authority boundaries, as this determines the effectiveness of the measures in question.
The following bus lanes service the Fingal area:
Finglas QBC (6 KM);
Swords QBC covers (21.6 KM);
Blanchardstown QBC (18.4 KM);
Malahide QBC covers (7.5 KM); and
Ballymun Road scheme (2.7KM).
On the issue of pinch points, the annual monitoring exercise undertaken by the DTO shows where bus priority infrastructure continues to require an improvement in performance in terms of protecting bus operations from the effects of traffic congestion. The results of these monitoring exercises are used by the DTO to inform the development of the bus priority scheme programme. I am informed by the DTO that a significant portion of the Quality Bus Network Office's 2007 programme addresses urgent needs such as pinchpoints. The Deputy may care to examine the 2003, 2004 and 2005 QBC Monitoring reports which are available on the DTO website at http://www. dto.ie/web2006/qbcmon.htm. The 2006 report will be published shortly.
Given the presence of overlaps and discontinuities, the provision of QBCs is recorded in terms of kilometres treated rather than percentages of route. There are approximately 170 kilometres of treated QBCs (as designated in the DTI Final Report) and non QBCs in the GDA. Details are set out in the attached tables. The development and implementation of bus priority measures is a matter for the relevant local authorities. I have no proposals for specific legislative measures in respect of bus priority measures.
Quality Bus Corridors
|
|
|
|
|
Estimated Length Of Actual Bus-Priority Provision In Each Quality Bus Corridor
|
|
12 QBCs
|
KMs
|
By Date
|
|
Inbound
|
Outbound
|
|
1
|
Lucan QBC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lucan QBC N4 — July 1996
|
12.1
|
July 1996
|
|
|
|
|
Lucan QBC Extension N4 (St. Johns Road) — Q1 2004
|
2.5
|
Q1 — 2004
|
|
|
Lucan QBC Extension N4 (Lucan Bypass) — Q1 2004
|
2.4
|
Q1 — 2004
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
17.0
|
|
|
11.0
|
8.0
|
|
2
|
Malahide QBC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Malahide QBC — December 1998
|
7.5
|
December 1998
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
7.5
|
|
|
6.0
|
6.0
|
|
3
|
Stillorgan QBC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stillorgan QBC (N11) — August 1999
|
12.9
|
August 1999
|
|
|
|
|
Stillorgan QBC Extension (Foxrock to Bray) — Q4 2004
|
10.7
|
Q4 — 2004
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
23.6
|
|
|
13.0
|
13.0
|
|
4
|
Finglas QBC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Finglas QBC — July 2000
|
6.0
|
July 2000
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
6.0
|
|
|
4.0
|
2.0
|
|
5
|
North Clondalkin QBC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
North Clondalkin QBC — February 2001
|
12.1
|
February 2001
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
12.1
|
|
|
3.0
|
2.5
|
|
6
|
Rathfarnham QBC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rathfarnham QBC — March 2001
|
7.1
|
Mar-01
|
|
|
|
|
Rathfarnham QBC (Ballyboden Road) — Q3 2004
|
1.3
|
Q3 — 2004
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
8.4
|
|
|
6.0
|
2.0
|
|
7
|
Tallaght QBC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tallaght QBC — April 2001
|
12.2
|
April 2001
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
12.2
|
|
|
5.0
|
2.0
|
|
8
|
Blanchardstown QBC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Blanchardstown QBC — September 2001
|
16.4
|
September 2001
|
|
|
|
|
Dunshaughlin N3 Bus scheme
|
2.0
|
December 2006
|
|
1 (estimate)
|
1 estimate
|
|
Total
|
18.4
|
|
|
6.3
|
3.0
|
|
9
|
Swords QBC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Swords QBC — (Whitehall Road) — November 2001
|
2.9
|
November 2001
|
|
|
|
|
Swords QBC — (Whitehall — City) — April 2001
|
11.7
|
April 2001
|
|
|
Swords QBC — (Swords Village to Cloghran)
|
7.0
|
Q4 — 2005
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
21.6
|
|
|
11.0
|
8.0
|
|
10
|
South Clondalkin QBC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
South Clondalkin QBC — Q4 2005
|
7.2
|
Q4 — 2005
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
7.2
|
|
|
5.0
|
4.0
|
|
11
|
Orbital QBC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orbital QBC — Q4 2005
|
6.4
|
Q4 — 2005
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
6.4
|
|
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
|
12
|
Ballymun Road
|
2.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
2.7
|
|
|
2.4
|
1.7
|
|
Total
|
143.1
|
|
|
75.7
|
55.2
|
