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Non-National Roads, Local Improvement Schemes, Regional and Local Roads:Details of the Non-National Road Grants for 2005 are given above. These grants arebroken down further in the 2005 Road Works Scheme and a similar breakdown willbe given in the 2006 Road Works Scheme after the 2006 grants are announced.The Specific Improvement Grants (at item 8 above) was allocated for the followingschemes:Brookhill, Claremorris € 400,000Cross to Headford € 550,000Newport Rd., Castlebar € 800,000Barnadearg, Ballina € 700,000Castlebar Rd., Newport €1,000,000Achill Sound Bridge € 150,000Bohola to Kiltimagh € 700,000The Part ‘8’ for the new bridge costing €4m for Achill Sound will be published earlyin 2006. Application has been made to the Department of Community, Rural andGaeltacht Affairs and Department of the Environment, Heritage and LocalGovernment to fund the new bridge on a 50/50 basis.Clár (Roads)In the year 2000, the Government launched the Clár Programme (Ceanntair Laga ÁrdRiachtanais). The Programme is designed specifically to address rural areas ofspecial disadvantage. A sizeable proportion of Co. Mayo is within the Clár area andthe County has benefited from grants under the Clár Programme.Clár Road grants totaling €1,602,016 were received in 2005. Of these grants,€712,344 was for L.I.S. Roads in the Clár Areas and these grants allowed the Councilto carry out valuable work on 92 roads with a total length of 108 km in the ClárAreas. A sum of €889,672 was received in respect of Clár secondary and tertiaryroads. This was funded 50% by the Department of Heritage, Environment and LocalGovernment and 50% by the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.The Grants for Strategic Roads in the Gaeltacht Areas were expended on Schemesas follows:Blacksod to Aughleam € 605,000Curraun, Mulranny €1,320,000Tourmakeady, Killateaun € 990,000Partry € 90,000Total €3,005,00024