1 ROADS Services Training Group LOCAL AUTHORITY ROADS CONFERENCE 2016 Reforms, Challenges and Safety Radisson Blu Hotel, Rosses Point Road, Sligo, May 2016.

Reforms, Challenges and Safety Roads Investment Programme Dominic Mullaney Principal Adviser DTTAS

Traffic  National roads which comprise less than 6% of the network carry 45% of all traffic  Regional roads which comprise about 13% of the network carry 30% of all traffic

2016 Grant Allocations  TII allocations announced in Dec  RLR allocations on 26 th Jan Within the overall allocation of €298m a contingency of €10m was set aside for works necessitated by severe weather  Following a case being made to the Departments of An Taoiseach, PER & Finance additional monies of €96m were made available to DTTAS and severe weather monies were allocated on the 18 th February 2016

Division of monies Total available was €106m (€96m + €10m) & it was divided as follows:  Regional & Local Roads €90m  National Roads €8m  Irish Rail €8m €85m of the RLR monies have been allocated to date.  The balance is likely to be allocated in May – spend must be in 2016  Will need a definitive list of works

RLR Funding Programme € million Restoration Maintenance41.0 Restoration Improvement Discretionary Grant Urban Grants Specific & Strategic Severe Weather Safety Bridge Rehabilitation Miscellaneous Additional allocations TOTAL

Strategic Investment Framework for Land Transport Investment priorities framed by SFILT recommendations Identified key priorities and principles for future investment: –Restore transport capital funding to ave. 1.1% to 1.15% of GDP p.a. (0.5% in 2014) –Achieve Steady State maintenance –Address urban congestion –Maximise the contribution of land transport networks to our national development

SFILT Steady State Requirements (annual) Area of ExpenditureGrossNet National Roads€573 m€469 m Regional & local Roads€580 m€480 m Public Transport (including integration initiatives) €429 m€305 m Total (rounded)€1.6 billion€1.3 billion 8

Capital Plan Approved by Government September 2015 Transport element of the Plan covers a 7 year period ( ) €10bn allocation for DTTAS of which €9.6bn is for transport investment Roads €6bn; Public Transport €3.6bn 9

Roads Investment Investment of €6bn over period of Plan €2bn for national roads (steady state) €2.4bn for regional & local roads (steady state) €600m to develop PPP roads pipeline €860m for new priority roads €100m for smarter travel (including greenways)

Capital Plan Investment aims to achieve Steady State by 2020 Funding constraints in early years –PT - €348m in 2016 rising to €845m in 2022 –Roads - €591m in 2016 rising to €1.08bn in 2022 Expanded time horizon enables progress to be made on significant new projects to support economic growth and contribute to our climate mitigation targets

— Completed Majors — Under Construction — With Planning but not on Capital Programme — Progress to Construction with Planning Approval — Subject to Planning Approval

Roads PPP DBFO Portfolio Scheme Contract Award Operations Commence Contract Expiry N7/M11 Arklow Rathnew (incl Newlands Cross) April 2013Aug M17/M18 Gort to TuamApril 2014End years post Operations Commencement M11 Gorey - Enniscorthy October 2015 Mid years post Operations Commencement N25 New Ross Bypass January 2016 Mid years post Operations Commencement

National Roads ‘Shovel Ready’ Schemes ( i.e. approved by An Board Pleanála, lands acquired, some advance activities ongoing)  N4 Collooney Castlebaldwin  N5 Westport to Turlough  M7 Naas Newbridge upgrades  N8/N25/N40 Dunkettle Junction  N22 Ballyvourney to Macroom  N56 Dungloe to Glenties  N56 Mountcharles to Inver  N59 Moycullen Bypass

Pipeline National Road Schemes N2 Slane Bypass N6 Galway City Transport Project N72 Mallow Relief Road N21/N69 Adare to Foynes N28 Cork to Ringaskiddy

Regional & Local Roads Investment Some schemes are also targeted at facilitating industry & employment: Sallins By-Pass along with M7 widening & Osberstown Interchange (the latter is to be funded from development levies) Improved roads to Grange Castle Business Park (funding of €2m provided this year)

Other RLR Proposed Schemes New Bridge over Shannon at Killaloe/Ballina Sligo Eastern Garavogue bridge (Cranmore) Portlaoise Southern Relief road Dingle Relief road - phase 4 Bettystown to Laytown Link road Athy Relief Road – subject to planning approval

Returns Required from 31 Authorities  2015 Outputs – Form A (2 missing)  2015 Form B – RI & RM  2016 Form B – RI & RM & DG  2017/2018 Form B for RI