AQW 12183/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 16/12/2020
Answered On Date: 20/12/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure how much financial support her Department has provided to the One Path Initiative (i) in the current year; and (ii) in each of the last five financial years.

Answer:

The Department for Infrastructure is one of four organisations (the other three being Belfast City Council, Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council, and Ards and North Down Borough Council) who provided funding support to Sustrans to develop and deliver the ‘One Path Initiative’ along the Comber Greenway.

The first year of funding was 2016/17 and therefore no funding was provided prior to that.

My Department has provided funding to Sustrans and installed a number of the One Path “Share, Respect Enjoy” signs on various paths as per details below.

2016/2017 – Overall funding £13,460 - DfI contribution £3,365

2017/2018 - Overall funding £20,570 - DfI contribution £5,142

2018/2019 - £10,000 – DfI – Installation of Share Respect Enjoy signs on Comber Greenway

2019/2020 - £2,000 – DfI – Installation of Share Respect Enjoy signs on Blaris Greenway