Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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467. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the 2018 budget allocation for investment in regional and local roads; and the estimated cost of increasing same by 5%. [29170/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of the relevant local authority 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 total allocation for regional and local roads in 2018 is €416.8 million and to increase this by 5% would cost €20.8 million. Details of the regional and local road grant allocations for this year are outlined in the 2018 regional and local road grant allocation booklet which is available in the Dáil Library.