Liz Kimmins has said no budget decision has yet been taken on the long-awaited A2 Buncrana Road upgrade but the critical project must ‘tie in with the North West Transport Plan’. - video Dailymotion

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Liz Kimmins has said no budget decision has yet been taken on the long-awaited A2 Buncrana Road upgrade but the critical project must ‘tie in with the North West Transport Plan’.

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00:00Major road schemes are an important part of the work that is delivered by my department

00:03as we seek to reduce journey times, increase reliability and improve road safety. The A2

00:08Buncranagh road scheme will be considered as part of the North West transport plan,

00:12which has been subject to a public consultation process. Views from the public were sought

00:16to help shape the vision and objectives for the transport plan, as well as identifying

00:20local transport concerns in the district through public engagement, which commenced on 27 August

00:252024 and concluded on 5 November last year. My department has been operating in a very

00:30difficult financial environment, as the Member will be aware, and any decision to proceed

00:34with the A2 Buncranagh road project can only be made when I am confident there is budget

00:38certainty for the scheme and its delivery is in line with the North West transport plan.

00:42I thank the Minister for her answer. This issue pre-dates not just the Minister but

00:49institutions. The Minister referred to the A2 Buncranagh road scheme in the North West

00:55transport plan, but given that it appears in the investment strategy for future years,

01:02can she confirm that her department is bidding for the money to carry out this overdue work?

01:09At this stage, we have not made any decisions in the incoming year on the budget and

01:15prioritisation of the project. I suppose it is one that we are aware of. As I said,

01:20it also has to tie in with the transport plan, so I hope to have further updates on that very soon.

Liz Kimmins has said no budget decision has yet been taken on the long-awaited A2 Buncrana Road upgrade but the critical project must ‘tie in with the North West Transport Plan’.

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