Lenght of Roads on 31st December, 2003

	Kilometres	Miles
National Primary Roads	147.8	91.9
National Secondary Roads	67.8	42.4
Regional	315.9	196.3
Local Roads	2,532.10	1,573.5
Total	3,062.5	1,904.10

 

Road Design / Construction / Improvement / Maintenance

The total expenditure on roads in the county was €31,980,210 in 2003. An allocation of €10,554 was provided by the Department of Environment and Local Government whilst the National Road Authority allocated €19.722m towards National Roads.

The major schemes undertaken included:

• N8 Design - Cullahill/Cashel.

• N9 Design - Kilcullen/Waterford.

• N8 Pavement Overlay.

• N8 Urlingford Traffic Calming.

• N9/N10 Junction Improvement at Ballyhale.

• N77 Castlecomer Road Traffic Management Scheme.

• N77 Design - Kilkenny Ring Road Extension.

• N25 Waterford/New Ross Pavement Improvement.

• Coan Bridges.

• LP 1000 Inch Road Improvement.

 

Community Involvement in the Road Works Scheme

2003 STATISTICS
Total number of roads repaired	29
Total length of roads repaired	11.407kms
Total number of residents who benefited	117
Total expenditure incurred	€ 538,172
Total value of voluntary contributions paid	€ 148,357

 

 

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 required and the balance is charged to the Local improvement scheme grant from DOELG.

2003 STATISTICS
Total number of roads repaired	8
Total length of roads repaired	2.886 kms
Total number of beneficiaries	33
Total expenditure incurred	€ 147,803
Total value of local contributions	€ 19,896

 

Public Lighting

Total number of lights 5,100

Cost of electricity/maintenance/upgrade €564,880

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 E.S.B. 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 2003.

 

 

Road Safety

Kilkenny County Council completed 9 Low Cost Remedial Schemes in 2003. The value of these schemes totalled €148,907 - 5 were funded by NRA on National Roads and 4 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 for 2002:

No of Accidents per 1,000 Population	2.1	National Average	1.7
No. of Accidents per 1,000 Reg. Vehicles	3.9	National Average	3.6
No. of Accidents per 10 million Veh. Kilometers of Travel	1.7	National Average	1.8

Kilkenny County Council continues to emphasise the importance of safety on our roads by means of education, accident prevention and publicity.

 

Service Indicators

R1. A total 7.88% of Local Roads were surface dressed in the year 2003.

A total 6.73% of Regional Roads were surface dressed in the year 2003.

 

Motor Taxation Statistics 2003

Amount Collected	€ 14,645,520
Number of Vehicles Taxed	43,873
New Registrations	3,295
New Registrations (Used Vehicle Imports)	657
Driving Licences	14,870
Trailer Licences	74
Certificate of Roadworthiness	3,778
Annual Discs Issued	29,458
Half Yearly Discs Issued	13,049
Quarterly Discs Issued	31,559

 

Motor Taxation Service Indicators 2003
Percentage of Motor Tax applications which:

are dealt with over the counter	40 - 50%
are dealt with by post	50 - 60%
are dealt with in other ways (e.g. online, by telephone)	N/A (as yet)

Percentage of overall postal applications which are dealt with (i.e. disc issued) from receipt of the application:
 

	Percentage
on the same day	90%
on the third day or less	10%
on the fifth day or less	0%
over five days	0%
Average lenght of time to deal with Driving Licence Applications	1 - 3 days

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