Written answers
Tuesday, 1 October 2019
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Road Projects Status
Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the northern distributor road from Coonagh Cross to the R445 on the outskirts of Limerick city; the funding allocated to progress the scheme in 2019; the funding indicated for future years in the capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39841/19]
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. Each local authority is the contracting authority for the purpose of implementation of regional and local road improvement projects.
Under Project Ireland 2040 my Department is committed at present to providing grant funding towards the cost of 12 significant capital road improvement schemes, including the Coonagh to Knockalisheen scheme. At the start of this year €7.5 million was allocated to the Coonagh scheme which is at land acquisition and tender documentation preparation stage. €1.67 million of the allocation has been drawn down to date.
The Project Ireland 2040 road improvement projects are managed on a programme basis with allocations determined on an annual basis depending on progress with individual schemes and taking into account the available capital budget.
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