The projects under Transport 21 which have been completed.

Date: 14 November 2007


Dáil Question No: 150 *To ask the Minister for Transport the projects under Transport 21 which have been completed. - Martin Mansergh.

Answered by the Minister for Transport
(Noel Dempsey)

To date twenty one national roads schemes have been completed since the commencement of Transport 21 in January 2006. These schemes are outlined in tabular format below. Many of the schemes were completed ahead of schedule and on or under budget. The opening of the Dundalk to Newry scheme, in August of this year, means that the M1 motorway is now complete. This is the first of the five inter-urban motorways identified for completion under Transport 21. The remaining four are on schedule for completion in 2010.

In the public transport area, the new Dublin Docklands station was opened in March of this year, 2 years ahead of the original schedule. With the introduction of 67 new rail carriages earlier this year, Iarnród Éireann is now operating hourly, clockface services on the Dublin – Cork rail route, as provided for under Transport 21.

National Roads Schemes Completed under Transport 21 at end October 2007

Route

Scheme

Completed

Monaghan Town Bypass

2006

Ashbourne Bypass

2006

Edgeworthstown Relief Road

2006

Naas Road widening

2006

Rathcormac-Fermoy (PPP)

2006

N8/N73

Mitchelstown Relief Road

2006

N15

Ballyshannon-Bundoran Bypass

2006

N21

Castleisland-Abbeyfeale

2006

N25

Kinsalebeg

2006

N25/N27

Kinsale Road Interchange

2006

N30

Enniscorthy-Clonroche realignment

2006

M50

Dublin Port Tunnel

2006

N52

Mullingar Eastern Bypass

2006

N55

Cavan Bypass

2006

Dundalk to Border

2007

Castleblaney Bypass

2007

Charlestown Bypass

2007

Tyrellspass to Kilbeggan

2007

N11

Arklow to Gorey Bypass

2007

N18

Phase 1 of Ennis Bypass

2007

N52

Mullingar to Belvedere

2007