The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads, in its area, is a statutory function of each road authority in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Roads Act, 1993. Works on such roads are a matter for the relevant local authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of projects to be funded is also a matter for the local authority.
Under section 82 of the Roads Act the Minister for Transport is empowered to pay grants to road authorities and under this power I allocate regional and local road grants to these authorities each year to supplement expenditure from their own resources. Draw down of the road grant allocations provided by my Department in relation to individual projects is a matter for each local authority.
I have set out the details regarding total regional and local road grant allocations and payments provided by my Department to Meath County Council from 2007 to 2009 in the table.
2007 Allocation
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2007 Final Payment
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2008 Allocation
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2008 Final Payment
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2009 Allocation
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2009 payment to end October
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29,653,934
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29,492,526
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28,402,945
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28,053,813
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16,566,473
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11,954,458
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