AQO 240/07 Oral question to the Minister for Regional Development
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.
Asked by Naomi Long MLA on 19 June 2007
- Answered
- Oral
- Tabled
- 19 June 2007
- Answer due by
- 2 July 2007
- Answered
- 2 July 200713 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
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.