Written answers
Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Roads Maintenance
Declan Breathnach (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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335. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the classification of roads, the length in kilometres of each road, the moneys allocated in each of the past five years, and the timeframe for resurfacing, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8972/16]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from local authorities' own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the local authority.
Grants in the main grant categories (Restoration Improvement, Restoration Maintenance and Discretionary Grant) are calculated based on the total length of the regional and local road network within a local authority area (in the case of a number of local authorities adjustment factors are applied to take account of higher traffic volumes). The relevant reference table, which is derived from information provided by local authorities in 2012, is set out. The regional and local road grant allocations and payments made to local authorities over the last five years are included in the allocation and payment booklets available in the Dáil library.
| LOCAL | - | - | - | - | TRAFFIC FACTOR* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Council (Incl TC and Borough Areas) | Regional m | Local Primary m | Local Secondary m | Local Tertiary m | All Local m | Total Non-National m | |
| Carlow Co Council | 186,000 | 349,000 | 389,000 | 270,000 | 1,008,000 | 1,194,000 | 1.0 |
| Cavan Co Council | 399,445 | 741,435 | 1,337,223 | 402,337 | 2,480,995 | 2,880,440 | 1.0 |
| Clare Co Council | 633,450 | 1,148,545 | 1,448,508 | 820,874 | 3,417,927 | 4,051,377 | 1.0 |
| Cork Co Council | 1,402,110 | 3,238,126 | 4,970,444 | 2,256,778 | 10,465,348 | 11,867,458 | 1.0 |
| Donegal Co Council | 800,200 | 1,985,964 | 2,077,440 | 1,261,158 | 5,324,562 | 6,124,762 | 1.0 |
| Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown Co Council | 105,917 | 94,700 | 87,218 | 379,379 | 561,297 | 667,214 | 0.0 |
| Fingal Co Council | 262,036 | 259,814 | 239,188 | 482,756 | 981,758 | 1,243,794 | 0.0 |
| Galway Co Council | 826,012 | 1,391,458 | 2,499,983 | 1,551,832 | 5,443,273 | 6,269,285 | 1.0 |
| Kerry Co Council | 525,000 | 1,191,000 | 1,208,000 | 1,403,000 | 3,802,000 | 4,327,000 | 1.0 |
| Kildare Co Council | 482,355 | 354,732 | 1,040,082 | 494,358 | 1,889,172 | 2,371,527 | 1.3 |
| Kilkenny Co Council | 421,015 | 809,331 | 1,365,860 | 408,409 | 2,583,600 | 3,004,615 | 1.0 |
| Laois Co Council | 348,739 | 613,017 | 601,675 | 506,539 | 1,721,231 | 2,069,970 | 1.0 |
| Leitrim Co Council | 336,000 | 668,000 | 563,000 | 538,000 | 1,769,000 | 2,105,000 | 1.0 |
| Limerick Co Council | 483,000 | 1,015,000 | 1,423,000 | 509,000 | 2,947,000 | 3,430,000 | 1.0 |
| Longford Co Council | 154,084 | 428,841 | 536,586 | 401,898 | 1,367,325 | 1,521,409 | 1.0 |
| Louth Co Council | 266,214 | 331,873 | 712,849 | 344,231 | 1,388,953 | 1,655,167 | 1.0 |
| Mayo Co Council | 628,824 | 1,293,430 | 1,627,998 | 2,537,581 | 5,459,009 | 6,087,833 | 1.0 |
| Meath Co Council | 574,420 | 560,949 | 786,924 | 1,230,608 | 2,578,481 | 3,152,901 | 1.3 |
| Monaghan Co Council | 302,069 | 532,169 | 584,023 | 1,006,222 | 2,122,414 | 2,424,483 | 1.0 |
| North Tipperary Co Council | 411,000 | 942,000 | 735,000 | 464,000 | 2,141,000 | 2,552,000 | 1.0 |
| Offaly Co Council | 388,375 | 530,560 | 599,567 | 535,436 | 1,665,563 | 2,053,938 | 1.0 |
| Roscommon Co Council | 372,705 | 769,759 | 1,508,769 | 1,078,791 | 3,357,319 | 3,730,024 | 1.0 |
| Sligo Co Council | 224,193 | 655,578 | 935,457 | 694,655 | 2,285,690 | 2,509,883 | 1.0 |
| South Dublin Co Council | 106,189 | 49,749 | 632,384 | 103,481 | 785,614 | 891,803 | 0.0 |
| South Tipperary Co Council | 485,000 | 963,500 | 909,529 | 467,500 | 2,340,529 | 2,825,529 | 1.0 |
| Waterford Co Council | 382,156 | 1,001,274 | 1,000,016 | 232,752 | 2,234,042 | 2,616,198 | 1.0 |
| Westmeath Co Council | 310,000 | 508,000 | 916,000 | 405,000 | 1,829,000 | 2,139,000 | 1.0 |
| Wexford Co Council | 476,652 | 952,328 | 1,340,765 | 557,915 | 2,851,008 | 3,327,660 | 1.0 |
| Wicklow Co Council | 444,793 | 477,887 | 932,967 | 260,097 | 1,670,951 | 2,115,744 | 1.0 |
| CITY COUNCILS | |||||||
| Dublin City Council | 214,990 | 37,015 | 47,290 | 514,010 | 931,440 | 1,146,430 | 0.0 |
| Cork City Council | 43,750 | 58,230 | 75,600 | 285,340 | 419,170 | 462,920 | 2.0 |
| Galway City Council | 35,000 | 19,700 | 50,720 | 174,890 | 245,300 | 280,300 | 2.0 |
| CITY COUNCIL AREAS | |||||||
| Limerick City Council Area | 38,000 | 24,000 | 9,800 | 157,500 | 191,300 | 229,300 | 2.0 |
| Waterford City Council Area | 38,600 | 29,260 | 27,770 | 135,030 | 192,050 | 230,650 | 2.0 |
| Total | 13,108,293 | 24,026,225 | 33,220,635 | 22,871,357 | 80,451,321 | 93,559,615 |
A factor of 1.3 is applied to road lengths in Meath and Kildare to take take account of higher traffic volumes accessing the GDA.
A factor of 0.0 is applied to road lengths in Dublin City, Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin as they are self-funding under the main grant categories.
A factor of 1.0 is applied to all other councils.
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