Since I reintroduced the Local Improvement Scheme in 2016, I have allocated over €48 million to the scheme, which has resulted in the approval of over 2,000 roads projects.
The LIS is funded by my Department and administered through the Local Authorities. The number and location of roads to benefit from improvement works is a matter for the relevant Local Authority, and my Department does not hold records of projects not approved at Local Authority level.
The table outlines the number of LIS projects approved, and the number that have been confirmed as completed to date since 2017. In a small number of cases, the number completed is greater than the number originally approved, due to necessary substitutions agreed with the Department. A number of Local Authorities have yet to submit their final account confirming the funding spent and the number of roads projects completed, particularly in respect of 2018. My Department is addressing this with the Local Authorities.
Local Authority
|
Number of Roads Approved in 2017
|
Number of Roads Confirmed Complete under the 2017 Scheme
|
Number of Roads Approved in 2018
|
Number of Roads Confirmed Complete under the 2018 Scheme to Date
|
Number of Roads Approved in 2019
|
Carlow
|
20
|
20
|
28
|
28
|
14
|
Cavan
|
10
|
10
|
11
|
6
|
4
|
Clare
|
28
|
28
|
30
|
30
|
12
|
Cork
|
21
|
TBC
|
61
|
42
|
20
|
Donegal
|
164
|
164
|
106
|
56
|
34
|
Galway
|
57
|
57
|
66
|
69
|
37
|
Kerry
|
41
|
41
|
58
|
36
|
26
|
Kildare
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
12
|
8
|
Kilkenny
|
16
|
16
|
15
|
9
|
12
|
Laois
|
21
|
20
|
19
|
21
|
6
|
Leitrim
|
18
|
18
|
21
|
24
|
10
|
Limerick
|
18
|
17
|
21
|
22
|
13
|
Longford
|
18
|
17
|
25
|
13
|
15
|
Louth
|
8
|
8
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
Mayo
|
89
|
86
|
139
|
79
|
73
|
Meath
|
22
|
22
|
21
|
21
|
12
|
Monaghan
|
21
|
21
|
31
|
28
|
10
|
Offaly
|
20
|
20
|
31
|
31
|
11
|
Roscommon
|
41
|
41
|
92
|
55
|
21
|
Sligo
|
16
|
16
|
22
|
22
|
7
|
Tipperary
|
9
|
9
|
25
|
24
|
21
|
Waterford
|
17
|
17
|
19
|
20
|
4
|
Westmeath
|
23
|
23
|
22
|
22
|
12
|
Wexford
|
18
|
18
|
17
|
17
|
11
|
Wicklow
|
7
|
7
|
15
|
15
|
11
|
TOTAL
|
723
|
696
|
912
|
685
|
411
|