AQW 3988/22-27

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 03/10/2022
Answered On Date: 18/10/2022
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure why public consultation has not yet commenced on the new draft Regional Strategic Transport Network Transport Plan.

Answer:

My officials are currently continuing their preparations for a new suite of Transport Plans, intended to set out the framework for transport policy and investment decisions up until 2035.

The Regional Strategic Transport Network Transport Plan (RSTNTP) is the first Transport Plan in line for completion. It is concerned with strategic roads, the buses which run on them and the rail network.

I am keen to ensure that the measures proposed in the draft RSTNTP will be beneficial, sustainable and affordable as we seek to improve the regional transportation infrastructure in the next decade. As such I will publish the draft RSTNTP for public consultation when I am satisfied that all necessary work has been completed on it, and I have had an opportunity to fully consider it.