AQW 16971/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 26/03/2021
Answered On Date: 07/04/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether she will publish the criteria for the allocation of funding to local councils concerning capital structural maintenance.

Answer:

In distributing the resources available for capital structural maintenance, allocations to the four DfI Roads Divisions are made on the basis of need, using a range of weighted indicators tailored to each maintenance activity. Divisions also use a range of indicators when apportioning across District Council areas to ensure, as far as possible, an equitable distribution of funds based on need.

The table below sets out the main activities comprising capital structural maintenance and the associated indicators and weightings currently used to distribute capital structural maintenance allocations to the four DfI Roads Divisions.

Category	Indicator	Weighting
Resurfacing	Traffic	30%
	Condition	30%
	Carriageway Area	40%
Footway Resurfacing	Traffic (using population)	30%
	Condition	30%
	Footway Area	30%
	3 year Average spend	10%
Structural Drainage	Road Length	50%
	3 year Average spend	50%
Surface Dressing	Traffic	30%
	Condition	5%
	Rural Road Length	35%
	3 year Average spend	30%