E1.3bn to be spent on roads this year

Mary Dundon, Political Reporter

The money will be spent on 19 schemes involving 215 km of roadway. And the projects will include the Kinsale Road interchange, Mitchelstown relief road and bypasses of Charlestown, Monaghan, Castleblaney and Gorey.

Swedish-style 2+1 roads that will include a special lane for safer driving will also be introduced on 12 routes. Among the projects that will benefit from this new scheme will be:

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