AQW 7156/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 17/09/2020
Answered On Date: 01/10/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail all of the schemes that have successfully bid for funding from the Blue/Green Fund to date.

Answer:

On 10 June 2020 I announced £20 million of funding for blue/green infrastructure to be used to promote active travel and support the transformation of communities by helping shape places for everyone to live in the new normal.

To date, £2.8 million of capital funding has been allocated to 4 councils to develop six greenway projects that are ready to be taken forward for construction in 2020/21, of which some £1.1m is expected to be spent in 2020/21. This funding will be provided on a match funding basis and will be subject to councils returning robust business cases to the Department to ensure Value for Money. These projects are:

•Forth Meadow Community Greenway (Belfast City Council)

•Lagan Gateway Greenway (Belfast City Council)

•Strabane North Greenway (Derry City and Strabane District Council)

•Strathfoyle Greenway –(Derry City and Strabane District Council)

•Banbridge Riverside Walk (Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council)

•North Down Coastal Path (Ards and North Down Borough Council)

I have also allocated funding from my Blue/Green Fund to support cycleways, social distancing projects and blue infrastructure.

A number of other proposals are currently being worked up and I will make further announcements shortly.