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Amount of funding individually earmarked for various projects

Date: 10 July 2008

Dáil Question No: 247 *To ask the Minister for Transport the breakdown of the amount of funding that is individually earmarked for main line rail, light rail and metro, road, bus, cycling and pedestrian infrastructure projects in relation to the Transport 21 capital investment programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. - Ciarán Cuffe.

 

Answered by the Minister for Transport
(Noel Dempsey TD)

REPLY


The €34 billion provided for Transport 21 comprises €26 billion from the Exchequer and €8 billion from Public Private Partnerships.

A total of €18 billion is provided for national roads and €16 billion for the development of public transport. Of the €16 billion provided for public transport, an indicative allocation of approximately €13.5 billion relate to rail projects including mainline and suburban rail, light rail and metro. An indicative allocation of over €700 million relates to bus investment and over €800 million relates to traffic management which included bus priority, cycling and walking.