Progress and estimated completion date and schedules and targets for Transport 21

Date: 01 October 2008


Dáil Question Nos: 64 & 27 To ask the Minister for Transport the progress and estimated completion date for each infrastructural project under Transport 21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. - Joe Costello. (Nominated by: Thomas P. Broughan). To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which it is expected to meet the schedules and targets in Transport 21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. - Bernard J. Durkan.

Answered by the Minister for Transport
(Noel Dempsey TD)

REPLY

I propose to take Questions 64 and 27 together.

37 projects have already been completed since the beginning of Transport 21 in 2006 and 25 are currently underway. A list of these projects is provided as an Appendix.

The start and completion dates of projects which have not yet commenced will be determined by the funding allocation available during the current difficult economic climate. The commencement dates for these projects will also be influenced by the time taken for public consultation, the relevant statutory process and the procurement and contract award processes.

Appendix 1

Completed projects:

Project	Completion Date
· N2 Monaghan Town Bypass · N2 Ashbourne Bypass · N4 Edgeworthstown Relief Road · N7 Naas Road widening · N8 Rathcormac – Fermoy (PPP) · N8/N73 Mitchelstown Relief Road · N15 Ballyshannon-Bundoran Bypass · N21 Castleisland-Abbeyfeale · N25 Kinsalebeg · N25/27 Kinsale Road Interchange · N30 Enniscorthy-Clonroche Realignment · Dublin Port Tunnel · N52 Mullingar Eastern Bypass · N55 Cavan Bypass · N56 Mountaintop to Illistrin Phase 1	2006
· Docklands Railway Station · Introduction of first intercity railcars on Dublin – Sligo route · 67 new intercity rail carriages deployed on Dublin-Cork line and introduction of hourly rail services Dublin-Cork · N1 Dundalk to Border · N2 Castleblaney Bypass · N4 Dromod – Rooskey · N5 Charlestown Bypass · N6 Tyrellspass to Kilbeggan · N11 Arklow to Gorey Bypass · N11 Enniskerry junction improvements · N18 Ennis Bypass/N85 Western Relief Road · N52 Mullingar to Belvedere · N56 Mountaintop to Illistrin Phase 2 · N77 Kilkenny Ring Road Extension	2007
· New Portlaoise train depot · M50 Upgrade (Phase 3) and introduction of barrier free tolling · Capacity enhancement luas Red Line – all trams extended from 30m to 40m providing a 40% increase in capacity · N6 Kilbeggan to Athlone · N8 Cashel to Mitchelstown · N9 Carlow Bypass · N11 Kilpedder-Delgany Junction · New intercity railcars introduced on Dublin-Limerick, Dublin-Westport, Dublin-Galway, and Dublin-Waterford lines	2008

Completion dates for projects currently underway:

Project	Indicative Completion Date
· M50 Upgrade (Phase 1) · Completion of delivery of 200 new buses for Dublin Bus	2008
· Cork commuter rail service to Midleton · Luas extension from Connolly to Docklands · Western Rail Corridor (Phase 1) Ennis - Athenry · Completion of roll-out of 183 intercity railcars · N4 Leixlip/M50 junction (Lucan bypass upgrade) · N6 Athlone to Ballinasloe · N7 Nenagh to Limerick · N8 Cullahill-Cashel · N9 Waterford-Knocktopher	2009
· Kildare rail upgrade · Luas extension from Sandyford to Cherrywood · M3 Clonee to North of Kells · N6 Galway to Ballinasloe · N7 Limerick Tunnel · M7/M8 Portlaoise to Cullahill/Castletown · N7 Castletown to Nenagh · N8 Fermoy-Mitchelstown · N9 Kilcullen-Carlow · N9 Carlow-Knocktopher · N25 Waterford City Bypass · M50 Upgrade (Phase 2) · N52 Tullamore Bypass · Completion of delivery of 239 new buses for Bus Eireann	2010