The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority; Exchequer funding is intended to supplement local authorities’ own resources.
In February this year I announced an Exchequer investment of €626 million in our regional and local roads across the State which includes an increase in funding of €20 million for road pavement and rehabilitation works. In recognition of the fact that cost inflation is having a significant impact on the cost of delivering regional and local road annual programmes, local authorities were notified in July of a supplementary allocation of €22.5 million for their key road strengthening programmes. Cavan County Council has been allocated €687,572 and Monaghan County Council has been allocated €579,991 under this supplementary allocation.
As regards 2024, regional and local road grant allocations will be finalised following the publication of the Revised Estimates Volume and will take into account the expenditure outturn on projects and programmes in the preceding year. Within the budget available, the objective is to allocate funding to eligible local authorities on as equitable a basis as possible taking the length of the road network into account. The main focus of the grants continues to be the protection and renewal of the regional and local road network.
