Public funding for national roads around the country in 2025 will be €92 million higher than in 2024.
Minister for Transport Darragh O'Brien has announced that €633m is to be spent on national road routes, money that will be used to maintain and upgrade existing routes, fund existing road projects and build new roads in a number of locations.
National routes mainly compromise non-motorway roads.
Among the new routes that will get funding are the Adare bypass, the Galway City Ring Road and the Cork to Ringaskiddy Road.
The money will be allocated by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and will fund road construction, road safety improvements, bridge maintenance, and severe weather-proofing.
Speaking at an event to announce the funding Mr O’Brien said the increased investment was very significant.
"Funding new roads and advancing the national road projects in the current National Development Plan (NDP) is a priority for this government.
Minister of State with responsibility for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports, Seán Canney, said the allocation will build on the substantial investment put into the national road network in recent decades.
"There has been a great deal of investment in the national road network in recent decades. This has helped to improve regional connectivity and has supported economic development across the country. Today's allocations build on this."
Other projects set to avail of the funding include:
- N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge
- N52 Ardee Bypass
- Donegal TEN-T Route Improvement
- N2 Slane Bypass
- N3 Virginia Bypass
- N/M20 Cork to Limerick
- N2 Clontibret to the Border
- N24 Cahir to Limerick Junction (including Tipperary Bypass)
- N4 Carrick-on-Shannon to Dromod
- N21 Newcastle West Relief Road
- N21 Abbeyfeale Relief Road
- N22 Farranfore to Killarney
- N72/73 Mallow Relief Road
- N58 Foxford Bypass
- N4 Mullingar to Longford
- N11/N25 Oilgate to Rosslare
- N17 Knock to Collooney
- N25 Midleton to Youghal (Castlemartyr and Killeagh Bypasses)
