Written answers
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
Department of Transport
Road Network
9:00 pm
Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 175: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated expenditure by his Department on road improvements in each of the past five years. [26282/08]
Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme element of Transport 21. The total funding allocated to the National Roads Authority for road improvement and maintenance in each of the past 5 years is set out in the following table:
| YEAR | CONSTRUCTION €,000 | MAINTENANCE €,000 | TOTAL €,000 |
| 2003 | 1,169,424 | 53,396 | 1,222,820 |
| 2004 | 1,178,959 | 51,328 | 1,230,287 |
| 2005 | 1,263,770 | 53,394 | 1,413,164 |
| 2006 | 1,582,500 | 55,064 | 1,637,564 |
| 2007 | 1,712,706 | 55,097 | 1,767,803 |
The implementation of individual national road projects, including their maintenance and upkeep, is a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) under the Roads Act 1993, in conjunction with the local authorities concerned.
Total road grants paid to local authorities for works on regional and local roads in each of the last 5 years are set out in the following table.
| Year | Total Payment |
| € | |
| 2003 | 436,592,000 |
| 2004 | 480,200,000 |
| 2005 | 495,270,000 |
| 2006 | 557,730,000 |
| 2007 | 607,525,000 |
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