Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available in 2019 for the restoration of Coughlanstown Road, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47980/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The position remains as previously outlined to the Deputy in response to Questions No. 532 of 23 January 2018, and Nos. 1090 and 1091 of 7 September 2018:

"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. 

As the selection and prioritisation of works  is the responsibility of the local authority, it is a matter for the Council to assess the options open to it in relation to this road, taking the position regarding utility services into account." 

Notwithstanding the above, the 2019 regional and local road grant allocations will be announced in the New Year. It will then be open to Kildare County Council to fund works along the L6042 Coughlanstown Road from that grant allocation if it so wishes.