Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 10: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress in expanding Dublin's quality bus corridor network; and the extra capacity that can be expected in the next 12 months by QBC route. [35770/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Transport 21 is designed to inject a large amount of additional capacity into the public transport network over the next ten years, with a total investment of over €16bn in the GDA between now and 2015. Provision is made in Transport 21 to double the length of bus priority infrastructure in the GDA within the 10-year period of the programme.

In January of this year, the Dublin Transportation Office reviewed the bus priority programme in the context of the goal set in Transport 21.

Extra capacity will be delivered by end-2007 by projects that are currently under construction. These include the Blackrock QBC (Merrion Road and Dún Laoghaire — Rathdown Section), Snugborough Road, Kilmacud QBC, South Clondalkin QBC (Phase 3 — Long Mile Road to Dolphin's Barn), Pearse Street Bus Priority Scheme (Phase 2), Dunshaughlin, Bracetown, Earlsfort Terrace/St. Stephen's Green, Naas Road QBC (Phases 2 and 3), and Waterloo Road Bus Priority Scheme. In addition, the tender process is underway for schemes at Santry Avenue and Coolock Lane/Oscar Traynor Road.