Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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340. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Transport Infrastructure Ireland will commence upgrading the N4 Collooney to Castlebaldwin road in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8947/16]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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​As Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme.  The planning, design and implementation of individual national road projects is a matter for the Transport Infrastructure Ireland (formerly known as the NRA) under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 in conjunction with the relevant local authority. Within its capital budget, the assessment and prioritisation of individual projects is a matter in the first instance for TII in accordance with Section 19 of the Roads Act.

The transport element of the Capital Plan "Building on Recovery" makes provision for several roads projects to commence which are targeted at removing critical bottlenecks or upgrading inadequate sections of road including the N4 Collooney to Castlebaldwin upgrade scheme. In this context, TII is in the process of drawing up an implementation programme in relation to the projects included in the 7 year Capital Plan taking into account annual budget allocations.