AQO 240/07

Mrs Naomi Long
Alliance Party
East Belfast

Tabled Date: 19/06/2007
Answered On Date: 02/07/2007
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Regional Development to make a statement on the ratio of public money spent on roads to that spent on public transport.

Answer:

From this year's budget allocation for transport of £452.5 million in total, 61% (£273.9 million) has been allocated to roads and 39% (£178.6 million) to public transport. This will be the largest spend on public transport since the introduction of the Regional Transportation Strategy.

The Regional Transportation Strategy sets out the spending priorities for transport in the north to tackle the historic underinvestment in its roads and public transport. It suggested a spending ratio for roads – including walking and cycling – to public transport of 65:35.