NI's DoI Halts More Than Half Of 28 Planned Schemes

The Department of Infrastructure In Northern Ireland has halted 17 of 28 Planned Schemes.

Seven of the nine schemes being prioritised are road schemes; one is light rail and one is a footbridge. Both financial and environmental are the reason for the halts according to the Department for Infrastructure.

The department’s statement continued: “This combination of factors has changed the landscape considerably, meaning delivery of the major roads programme as previously set out is no longer sustainable nor appropriate.”The schemes to be prioritised, together with their estimated value, are:


A6 Randalstown/Castledawson (£1.6bn)

A6 Derry/Dungiven Phase 1 (£170m-£200m)

A5 Western Transport Corridor (£1.6bn)

A6 Derry/Dungiven Phase 2 (£170m-£200m)

Belfast Rapid Transit 2 (£142m-£148m)

Lagan Pedestrian & Cycle Bridge (£12.9m)

Newry Southern Relief Road (£85m-£100m)

A4 Enniskillen Southern Bypass (£25m-£30m)

A29 Cookstown Bypass (£55m-£65m).

All other schemes will be paused and their place on a future major works programme will be informed by the department’s emerging transport plans and any decision by a future infrastructure minister, the statement said.