AQW 7157/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 17/09/2020
Answered On Date: 30/09/2020
Priority Written: No

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

Answer:

I can confirm that Councils have not made any unsuccessful bids for Greenway funding from the Blue/Green Infrastructure fund.

My Walking and Cycling Champion wrote to Councils in July seeking an update on the status of their greenway projects. Those Councils who did not identify any greenway projects that were ready for construction this financial year have been asked to submit a business case for the proposals they had identified where construction could start in the next financial year (2021/22), subject to the agreement of a business case and Department of Finance approval.

Any decision regarding potential funding in the future will depend on budget allocations to the Department in 2021/22 and beyond.