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Dempseys Lies Uncovered.. Roads Spend way down on 2009

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  • 18-02-2010 9:58pm
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    Sponge Bob
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    In December and in January Dempsey made a series of announcements on National Road expenditures. To confuse matters a tad this is the first full year where Regional Road expenditure comes under the NRA but I found a like for like comparison with last year.

    Some you you will recall how I found amounts allocated to place like Louth ( in 2010 ) for roads built in 2007 .

    The real numbers are HERE page 154 of 273.

    ONLY €1.636BN is to be spent on ALL ROADS IN THE STATE in 2010 down from €1.926bn (actual outturn) last year.

    Key headings breaking down the €1.636bn on page 156 of 273

    1. PPP contractual outpayments will cost €55m up from €8m ( M50 and M3 ..and Port Tunnel only ???) . 3% of the entire 2010 budget and rising to €100m in 2011 I fear :(

    2. The NRA gets €1.114BN for building and improving NATIONAL ROADS , down from €1.406bn in 2009.

    3. The NRA gets €44m for repairing signing and gritting ALL NATIONAL ROADS same as 2009. €44m :eek: and them in tatters :eek:

    4. Headings 1 2and 3 are the entire National Road allocation which is €1.213BN not the €1.4 or 1.5bn announced by Dempsey...twice...in January and December.

    Dempsey has already disappeared over €200m

    5. Regional and local roads between them got €126m for maintenance ( current) in 2009 Demspey cut that back to €112m in 2010

    6. Regional and local roads between them got €325m for new build and improvements ( capital ) in 2009 Demspey cut that back to €300m in 2010.

    7. Road safety is €28m current and 200k capital, cameras and pr agencies mainly.


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    BluntGuy
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    Well with the NRA able to buy for the regional roads in bulk, that might ease the pain a bit, but it's still a whopping chunk to take out of the roads budget.


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    Sponge Bob
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    4 days later

    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0223/1224265037401.html
    GOVERNMENT SPENDING on regional and local roads is to be cut by almost €200 million to €411 million this year, down from €607 million in 2009.

    Didn't bother their arses checking on the National Road figures though :(


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    marmurr1916
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    From that Irish Times article.
    GOVERNMENT SPENDING on regional and local roads is to be cut by almost €200 million to €411 million this year, down from €607 million in 2009.

    Announcing the cut, Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey said local authorities were free to add their own money to the grants, and said that since 1997 the Government had provided more than €6 billion in grants for local and regional roads.

    What money?
    He said for 2010 the priority would be to tackle urgently required repairs due to the recent cold spell and protect the investment of recent years.

    Grants would be switched from major new schemes towards the maintenance and rehabilitation of roads damaged by the adverse weather conditions, the bill for which, he said, was estimated at some €188.8 million.

    Added to the €196 million in cutbacks, that's a total of €384.8 million that's not in the 2010 budget for local and regional roads.


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    BluntGuy
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    and said that since 1997 the Government had provided more than €6 billion in grants for local and regional roads.

    I love the way they always pull this card when they're cutting services. €6 billion from '97 to '09 means absolutely NOTHING to the people you're providing a few pennies and buttons to for maintaining a vastly expanded road network.


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