Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be allocated to a road (details supplied) in east County Galway. [43820/17]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads (RLR) in Galway is the statutory responsibility of Galway County Council, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from the Council's own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is a matter for the local authority.

As regards speed limits, the application of Special Speed Limits, i.e. speed limits other than the default speed limits, are provided for in Section 9 of the Road Traffic Act 2004, which gives local authorities the power to make bye-laws ("special speed limit bye-laws") in respect of any specified public road or specified part of a public road or specified carriageway or lane of a public road within its administrative area.  Under the Act, local authorities are required to give notice to and consider representations from, any borough or town in the administrative county concerned and also the Garda Commissioner. The public must be informed by way of Press Notice in at least two daily newspapers.

It is also open to the Council to draw up a scheme to improve safety at this location and to seek funding for such a scheme in its application to the Department for Safety Improvement Works for 2018.