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 Dublin Port Tunnel 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 10.