PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE Schedule of Municipal District Works 2021
The 2021 Schedule of Municipal Districts Works provided for a Roadworks Programme which had a total fund of €34.6m. This Programme was completed and all approved allocations drawn from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and the Department of Transport (DoT) respectively.
CARMEL KIRBY Director of Physical Development
Listed hereunder are a number of the highlights/works that took place: • Strengthening/surface dressing of more than 261km of the road network.
Roads and Transportation Department
• Continuation of enhanced bridge remediation programme. Works were carried out on 27 bridges in 2021.
Roads and Transportation co-ordinate the design, maintenance and improvement of the national, regional and local road network throughout the county and also has responsibility for road safety, public lighting, hedgecutting, parking management, active travel, insurances, health & safety and arterial drainage.
• Completion of 11 safety improvement schemes.
Public lighting Clare County Council has responsibility for the management and maintenance of over 14,528 public lights in the county. Public lighting is by far the largest energy consumption component 25
