AQW 8087/16-21

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 28/11/2016
Answered On Date: 07/12/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure pursuant to AQW 6693/16-21 and given that Portaferry is in the definition of 'rural' for the Rural Transport Fund, to outline his Department's definition of rural.

Answer:

I would advise the Member that the Rural Transport Fund was designed primarily to tackle social exclusion in rural areas and to address equality of access to transport. The definition of “rural” in the context of the Rural Transport Fund is those areas within the North of Ireland not served by the Disability Action Transport Scheme.

When referring to roads as referenced in AQW 6693/16-21 is any road which is not urban. In other words roads which are outside the development limits of towns, etc as set out in Area Plans and which are normally defined by the national speed limit.