Presentation to Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation
National Roads Authority Outlook
Fred Barry
Chief Executive, National Roads Authority
17 th February 2011
Outlook - Budgets
Budgets greatly reduced
Capital Budget €1.8bn → €0.24bn per year
New PPP’s to be funded from Capital Budget (previously from separate PPP Budget)
1 Outlook – Transport 21
Targets for 2006-2010 all achieved Five Inter-Urban Routes M3 Clonee to Kells M50 Upgrade Dublin Port Tunnel Freeflow tolling on M50 N11 Dublin-Rosslare (sections) M18 Limerick-Galway (sections) Almost 1,000 safety specific improvements Hundreds of kilometres of pavement improvements to the legacy network & many other schemes
Outlook – Transport 21 cont.
Transport 21 Post 2010 Focus on balance of national primary routes, especially Atlantic Corridor National Secondaries
2 Outlook - Traffic
Grew very strongly 2002-2008, with decline in 2008 & 2009
2010 traffic figures mixed – M50, DPT strong growth
Typical of previous recessions, with traffic dipping, then recovering with the economy
Traffic Growth 2002-2010 (All Roads AADT)
135
130
125
120
115
110
Traffic Growth (2002 = 100) = (2002 Growth Traffic 105
100
2002 TRL Forecast ATC Data 95
90 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
3 NRA Priorities
Manage the modernised network safely & efficiently Ensure that the public’s investment is protected through adequate rehabilitation & maintenance Obtain the proper financial return on our commercial activities Improve, and make safer, the legacy network as financial circumstances permit
Network Management & Operations Public Private Partnerships
Ten Public Private Partnerships in operation - 330km motorway - nine toll points - six service areas / three locations
Level of service obligations
Revenue Sharing
4 Network Management & Operations I.T.S.
Weather stations & on-line forecasts
V.M.S. network on M1, Dublin area
900 emergency telephones
Control centre in DPT
M50 fitted for future managed motorway operation
5 Network Management & Operations Tolling Operations
Tag provider interoperability
West Link freeflow tolling
Dublin Port Tunnel tolling
Network Management & Operations Tunnel Operations-EU Tunnel Directive
Cork Lee Tunnel
Limerick Tunnel
6 Improvements Programme for Next Few Years
Budgets shrinking
Will continue safety, rehabilitation & minor works programme
Few major schemes from 2012 on
(Depending, of course, on economic developments & on the new Government priorities)
2011 Improvements Programme
Network improvements planned for 2011 include:
- Construction start on six medium-sized design build schemes
- Over 500 smaller improvement and rehabilitation schemes
- Contract closure and construction start on two PPP schemes
7 Strategic Planning Current Initiatives
National Secondary Roads Needs Study - entire national secondary network assessed for quality & performance - appropriate improvements identified, considering environmental issues, traffic, spatial strategy, condition, costs - improvements incorporate existing road in so far as possible - assessed using Department of Finance / Transport guidelines - formal appraisal guidelines developed for walking / cycling
8 Strategic Planning Current Initiatives cont.
Strategic Development Plans / Initiatives
e.g. M50 / N11, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown N6 Pedestrian / Cycling, Galway City M50 / M3, Fingal & Meath
Strategic Planning Current Initiatives cont
Traffic Management Study
- Detailed modelling for possible demand management measures in Greater Dublin Area
- Management of traffic flow to maximise safety and improve journey time reliability
- Broaden toll strategy on the M50 and Dublin radials from a single high value toll on one section of the M50 to an effective distributed solution
9 National Roads Authority Outlook
Presented By
Fred Barry Chief Executive National Roads Authority
THANK YOU
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