Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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486. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the appointment of consultants to oversee the design of the new bridge at Ballina-Killaloe, if the CPOs connected to the project have commenced; the timeframe for the conclusion of the project; his plans to upgrade the Ballina, Birdhill Road and Killaloe bypass as part of this investment. [43858/17]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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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 a matter for the local authority.

The Shannon Bridge Crossing at Killaloe is one of a number of schemes included in the Capital Plan 2016-2021 designed to address bottlenecks on the road network. The bridge is the 1st phase of the Shannon Crossing/Killaloe Bypass/R494 upgrade scheme.  In planning the construction schedule for individual projects included in the Plan, account has to be taken of the annual budgets in the Capital Plan and the need to phase different sections of projects to manage the available budgets. 

Following the conclusion of the judicial review relating to the Shannon crossing/Killaloe Bypass/R494 scheme, it is now a matter for the local authority (Clare County Council) to progress the scheme. Clare County Council has been provided with an allocation of €500,000 in 2017.

No decisions have been made as yet in relation to the timing of the construction phases for the Killaloe Bypass/R494 sections of the overall scheme.