AQW 6091/16-21 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail how the £15m capital funding for road maintenance will be spent.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 25 October 2016
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 25 October 2016
- Answer due by
- 9 November 2016
- Answered
- 9 November 201615 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
As part of October monitoring, my Department has been allocated an additional £15m of Capital for structural maintenance activities, including the resurfacing of roads.
TransportNI allocates additional funding to its four Divisions on the basis of need, using a range of weighted indicators, tailored to each maintenance activity i.e. resurfacing, patching, gully emptying, grass cutting etc. Divisions use these indicators when apportioning across council areas to ensure, as far as possible, an equitable distribution of funds.
The additional £15m for structural maintenance activities is to be allocated as follows:
Northern Division £3.5m
Southern Division £4.7m
Eastern Division£2.5m
Western Division£4.3m