| |
KM |
M |
| National
Primary Roads |
147.8 |
91.9 |
| National
Secondary Roads |
67.8 |
42.4 |
| Regional |
315.9 |
196.3 |
| Local
Roads |
2532.1 |
1573.5 |
| Total |
3062.5 |
1914.10
|
|
Road Design/Construction/Improvement/Maintenance
The
total expenditure on roads in the County was € 21,601,764
in 2002.
An
allocation of €10,535,698 was provided by the Department
of Environment and Local Government whilst the National Road
Authority allocated €11,066,066 towards National Roads.
The
major schemes undertaken included:-
N8
Design – Cullahill/Cashel
N9 Design – Kilcullen/Waterford
N24 Design – Mooncoin By-Pass
N77 Design - Kilkenny Ring Road Extension
N9 Priority Maintenance
N10 Paulstown/Kilkenny Pavement Improvement
N24 Piltown/Fiddown By-Pass
N25 Waterford/New Ross Pavement Improvement
N77 New Road Roundabout
N78 Crettyard Junction and Pavement Improvement
R693 Threecastles
Community Involvement in Road Works Scheme
2002
STATISTICS
| Total
number of roads repaired |
28 |
| Total
length of roads repaired |
11.183km |
| Total
number of residents who benefited |
78 |
| Total
expenditure incurred |
€
553,240 |
| Total
value of voluntary contributions paid |
€
134,284 |
 |
Local
Improvement Schemes
This scheme refers to non-public roads serving two or more
separate agricultural holdings.A local contribution of at
least 10% of
the cost of improvement works is required and the balance is
charged to the Local improvement scheme grant from DOELG
2002
statistics
| Total
number of roads repaired |
9 |
| Total
length of roads repaired |
6.125
kms |
| Total
number of beneficiaries |
22 |
| Total
expenditure incurred |
€154,027 |
| Total
value of local contributions |
€18,489 |
| Number
of schemes on hands @31/12/002 |
69 |
|
Public Lighting
Total number of lights 4800
Cost
of electricity/maintenance/upgrade €515,611.
In 1996 a decision was taken to upgrade all public lighting
in the county from Mercury to Sodium lights and a contract was
entered into with the ESB in 1999 to upgrade same and provide
infill lighting to be funded over a five year period. The works
were completed in May 2000 and will be paid for in full by 31/12/2003.
Road
Safety
Kilkenny County Council completed 7 Low Cost Remedial Schemes
in 2002. The value of these schemes totalled €251,065 -
2 were funded by the NRA on National Roads and 5 were on Non
National Roads. The works involved improving the road marking,
traffic signs and lighting at high accident location sites.
The
following are the latest Road Traffic Accidents statistics for
Kilkenny from the Road Accidents Facts 2001.
| No.
of Accidents per 1,000 Population |
1.9 |
National
Average 1.8 |
| No.
of Accidents per 1,000 Reg. Vehicles |
3.9 |
National
Average 3.9 |
| No.
of Accidents per 10million Veh. kilometres of Travel |
1.6 |
National
Average 1.9 |
Kilkenny
County Council continues to emphasise the importance of safety
on our roads by means of education, accident prevention and
publicity.
