Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 165: To ask the Minister for Transport if a grant scheme will be introduced to local authorities for bus pull-in bays, filter lanes, and other traffic management measures in areas where there are significant volumes of traffic and where a modest investment could have a significant traffic management benefit attached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36087/05]

Ivor Callely (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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My Department's traffic management grants provides funding, through the DTO, to local authorities and the quality bus network office, for investment in traffic management schemes throughout the greater Dublin area, GDA. Projects funded range from simple traffic management interventions such as banned right turns to more comprehensive schemes such as quality bus corridors.

The main objective of the traffic management grants is to improve operating conditions for the fleet of buses serving the GDA. Clearly funds are available to local authorities in the GDA for traffic management measures as outlined in the question.