Written answers

Tuesday, 20 October 2009

9:00 pm

Photo of Joe CareyJoe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 329: To ask the Minister for Transport when funding will be provided for the provision of the Killaloe bypass in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37342/09]

Photo of Noel DempseyNoel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The maintenance and improvement of regional and local roads, including bridges, in its area, is a statutory function of each road authority in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Roads Act, 1993. Works on such roads are a matter for the relevant local authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of projects to be funded is also a matter for the local authority.

Clare, Limerick and North Tipperary County Councils have undertaken the development of a proposal for a new Shannon Crossing.

From 2004 to the end of 2008, State road grants totalling €819,318 have been provided to develop proposals for the proposed new bridge. In February 2008, Clare County Council, in association with North Tipperary County Council, appointed consultants to carry out a constraints study, route selection and preliminary design for the scheme. A further grant of €600,000 was allocated in 2009 to Clare County Council, which is now the lead authority for the project, to finance continuation of that work. The 2010 regional and local road grant allocations will be announced early in the new year.

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