Project Appraisal Guidelines

The National Roads Authority has launched new guidelines for the appraisal of national road projects. The Project Appraisal Guidelines are being published in electronic format only and are available for download below. Each of the files below is either in PDF, .XLS or .txt format. The documentation available includes the main ‘Project Appraisal Guidelines’ document and a series of Technical Appendices for the expert user which cover the provision of detailed advice on traffic modelling, CBA, software, costs et cetera. The Project Appraisal Guidelines are intended to help road designers and decision makers on road projects through the process of ensuring that the best choices are made and the best value for money is obtained on all national road projects. In short – the right project in the right place at the right price. The Guidelines are in compliance with the Department of Finance’s “Guidelines on the Appraisal and Management of Capital Expenditure Proposals in the Public Sector” as well as the Department of Transport’s “Guidelines on a Common Appraisal Framework for Transport Projects and Programmes”, and bring Ireland in line with international best practice in project appraisal.