Thomas Byrne
Ceist:68. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the road network in County Meath. [14215/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 22 March 2017
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Freagraí scríofa
In relation to national roads in County Meath, as Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. The planning, design and implementation of individual national road projects is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned.
As regards the regional road aspect of the proposal, the improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads in its area is a statutory function of local authorities 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.
Details of the 2017 national and regional and local road allocations to local authorities are available from the Dáil library.