- Immediate allocation will facilitate Local Authorities in carrying out works as quickly as possible
- Remaining funding will be allocated in May 2016
At the end of January, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD, announced that, based on initial estimates received from Local Authorities and transport agencies, he had agreed with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin TD, that funding of €106 million would be provided this year to address storm and flooding damage that was caused to transport infrastructure in recent months.
Following further contact with Local Authorities and transport agencies, Minister Donohoe has confirmed today (Friday) that €85 million is being allocated immediately to Local Authorities for works to be carried out on regional and local roads. This allocation is intended to facilitate Local Authorities to press ahead with their work programmes as quickly as possible. There will be a particular focus on repair works, drainage and preventative works to address flooding on roads which have been subject to repeated incidents of flooding in recent years.
Further funding for regional and local roads will be allocated in May and this will give Local Authorities time to undertake further analysis of proposed measures including, where necessary, specialist bridge investigations, with a view to determining which measures can be implemented this year. In this context, it will be possible for Local Authorities to carry out planning and feasibility studies to address difficult problems and charge the costs to the severe weather grant.
In addition an allocation of €8 million is being provided to Transport Infrastructure Ireland for works on national roads and a further €8 million is being allocated to Irish Rail for repairs to rail infrastructure.
Minister Donohoe said: ‘I am pleased that the allocations for each Local Authority have been able to be determined in just a matter of weeks, as I know Local Authorities are keen to progress works as soon as possible. I would like to thank my officials for the work they have done in reviewing estimates and finalising allocations’.
“Serious damage was caused to local and regional roads by the flooding that took place in recent months. This had a significant impact on communities of all sizes. The allocation made by Government sought to respond back to that and provide the financial support needed by Local Authorities to address the issue. I am satisfied that these allocations will be sufficient to repair all of damage caused to local and regional roads by recent weather events and to allow for significant preventative works to be carried out so that the destruction we have seen in recent months can be avoided for communities in the future.”
Ends
Notes for Editors:
- On 28th January 2016, Minister Donohoe announced that €106 million would be provided this year to repair damage caused by the severe flooding and winter storms.
- The most extensive impact of the recent severe weather on the transport sector has been on the road network through both pluvial and fluvial flooding.
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Regional and Local Road
Severe Weather Allocations to Local Authorities
Local Authority | Severe Weather Allocation 2016 |
Carlow County Council
|
€314,250
|
Cavan County Council
|
€2,600,000
|
Clare County Council
|
€2,800,000
|
Cork County Council
|
€11,000,000
|
Cork City Council
|
€300,000
|
Donegal County Council
|
€7,000,000
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
|
€545,000
|
Dublin City
|
€40,240
|
Galway County Council
|
€6,000,000
|
Galway City
|
€16,585
|
Kerry County Council
|
€4,000,000
|
Kildare County Council
|
€350,000
|
Kilkenny County Council
|
€3,000,000
|
Laois County Council
|
€1,500,000
|
Leitrim County Council
|
€1,800,000
|
Limerick Council
|
€4,000,000
|
Longford County Council
|
€1,200,000
|
Local Authority | Severe Weather Allocation 2016 |
Mayo County Council
|
€5,000,000
|
Meath County Council
|
€400,000
|
Monaghan County Council
|
€5,000,000
|
Offaly County Council
|
€1,800,000
|
Roscommon County Council
|
€4,500,000
|
Sligo County Council
|
€4,000,000
|
Tipperary County Council
|
€5,000,000
|
Waterford County Council
|
€7,000,000
|
Westmeath County Council
|
€3,000,000
|
Wexford County Council
|
€2,200,000
|
Wicklow County Council
|
€598,533
|
Total | €84,964,608 |