Written answers

Tuesday, 27 May 2008

9:00 pm

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 283: To ask the Minister for Transport if he or his Department have allocated or intend to allocate funding to Kildare County Council for the purpose of upgrading the Enfield to Edenderry regional road; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the proposal is at variance with the very minor request of the residents of Carbury to the effect that access to their village would continue unimpeded; if he will take the necessary action to ensure that democracy prevails at this level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21181/08]

Photo of Noel DempseyNoel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The provision and maintenance of regional and local roads in County Kildare is a matter for Kildare County Council to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State grants provided by my Department. The upgrade of the Edenderry to Enfield road is being undertaken by Kildare County Council with grant assistance provided by my Department. The Council has been allocated €2.5 million for this scheme in 2008. The design of the route is primarily a matter for the local authority.

Before works of this nature may proceed, the local authority is obliged to comply with requirements of planning legislation. I understand that those requirements, which include extensive public consultation, were complied with in respect of this project and that the works were approved by the elected members of Kildare County Council in December 2006. My Department has no function in that process.

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