Over €411m allocated to local and regional roads programme

Transport Minister Noel Dempsey today announced the investment of some €411.408m in the regional and local roads network for 2010 with priority being given to repairing roads damaged by floods and freezing conditions.

Minister Dempsey said in allocating the money his priority had been "to address the most urgently required repairs resulting from the extensive damage caused by the recent severe weather", estimated by County Councils to total €180m.