AQW 5707/17-22

Mr John Blair
Alliance Party
South Antrim

Tabled Date: 10/07/2020
Answered On Date: 20/07/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the proposed greenway project to link the former railhead at Doagh, along the valley of the Six Mile Water into Antrim town.

Answer:

I am keen to see progress on better walking and cycling infrastructure throughout Northern Ireland and my Department is working in partnership with Councils and stakeholders, in identifying and taking forward schemes that deliver on our Programme for Government outcomes and ensure lasting change for people across the North. I view Greenways as an important part of this positive change and have allocated funding to help deliver more.

The development of greenway projects however falls to local Councils rather than my Department. Under the ‘Small Grants for Greenways’ programme, Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council received funding to develop a feasibility study for the Doagh to Larne Greenway. No Council submitted a proposal to develop a feasibility study for a greenway from Doagh to Antrim.