Highways UK, NEC, Birmingham, 16 November 2016 Northern Ireland Andrew Murray Head of Roads and Rivers Department for Infrastructure NI Email: andrew.murray@infrastructure-ni.gov.uk
Northern Ireland Northern North Western Western Eastern Seaboard Ballycastle Trunk Roads Portrush Coleraine A44 Link Corridors A37 Ballymoney Northern A2 Limavady A26 LONDONDERRY N13 A29 A26 Letterkenny Dungiven A6 Ballymena M2 Larne North Western Strabane A36 A6 A26 N15 Magherafelt M22 A57 A5 A8 A31 A6 Carrickfergus Newtownstewart A29 Antrim Newtownabbey A505 M2 A57 Bangor Western A2 Cookstown Lough Neagh BELFAST M3 A20 A21 Newtownards Omagh A26 A29 Lisburn Comber A5 Lower Lough Erne Dungannon M1 Strangford Lough Ballygawley M1 Lurgan Eastern Seaboard A46 A32 A5 Craigavon A29 Portadown A7 B’nahinch A4 Aughnacloy A3 This map shows The Regional Strategic Transport Network at which our Programme is directed: The Eastern Seaboard Corridor being the Islands Primary route linking the two Capital Cities; The North Western Corridor links Belfast and Londonderry The Western corridor is an important all island route as it is part of the main route from Dublin to the North West (A5). Vision is to dual all the KTCs and improve access to the ports and north south gateways A24 Armagh Enniskillen Banbridge A27 Downpatrick A4 A3 To Sligo A28 A1 Upper Lough Erne South Western A2 Monaghan Newcastle A509 Newry N2 A2 A1 Warrenpoint N3 N1 To Athlone To Dublin To Dublin 2
The Current Roads Authority 1,550 staff, including 400 Industrials HQ in Belfast 4 “Client” Divisional HQs and 17 Section Offices 1 Internal Consultant, with private sector partner 1 internal contractor Under same Management Structure as the NI Rivers Agency Now 11 New Councils in NI, with some additional powers
Governance Arrangements NI Executive The Executive Office Finance Infrastructure Agriculture, Environment & Rural Affairs Economy Health Communities Education Justice
Major Projects A5 dualling £900M approx, to be delivered in stages A6 dualling £550-600M approx, to be delivered in stages York Street Interchange £130-165M Belfast Rapid Transit £90M
Innovation 25% staff reduction in 5 years Includes15% staff reduction from October 2015 – April 2016 Online reporting of defects Use of drones Enhanced IT systems Motorway bus lanes
Major Issues Variable capital and inadequate revenue budgets Congestion and slow/unreliable journey times Flagship projects/capital priorities Brexit – Currency and Border Issues Age profile
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