News, analysis, and updates on transportation projects, public works, utilities management, and urban planning enhancing Northern Ireland’s infrastructure.
The Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland has backed the Department for Infrastructure’s ‘Share the Road to Zero’ campaign, urging older drivers to take extra precautions as winter conditions heighten risks across the region. Siobhan Casey, who took up her post in April 2025, has added her voice to […]
New survey data reveals how people across Northern Ireland use the transport network and view their responsibilities as road users, against a backdrop of 68 road deaths in 2024. The Continuous Household Survey (CHS) 2024/25, published by the Department for Infrastructure’s Analysis, Statistics and Research Branch (ASRB), tracks shifting attitudes
Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has launched a comprehensive strategy to overhaul drainage and wastewater systems across Derry and its surrounding areas, aiming to protect thousands of homes from flooding while unlocking economic growth. The Living With Water in Derry/Londonderry Plan, published on 11 February 2026, follows a public consultation that
Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has announced a £380,000 resurfacing scheme for the B93 Ahoghill Road in Randalstown, with work now underway and expected to complete by early April. Covering 0.73 kilometres of carriageway and footway, the project represents the latest in a series of targeted investments to improve road conditions
Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has announced that a £635,000 carriageway resurfacing scheme has commenced on the A25 Newry Road in Rathfriland. The works, which cover a 1,450-metre stretch from Grocers Road to the junction with Greenhill Road, began with road closures on 9 February 2026, with the ministerial announcement following
Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has launched a £7.85 million emergency fund to repair roads battered by severe winter weather, as new figures reveal nearly 49,000 surface defects have emerged across Northern Ireland in just three months. The Winter Recovery Road Fund comes in addition to 40 resurfacing schemes already programmed
Multi-agency partners have activated emergency protocols across Northern Ireland as the Met Office issues a Yellow weather warning for heavy rain expected to batter the region from midday Thursday until midnight Friday. The Department for Infrastructure announced on 5 February 2026 that roads and rivers teams are checking drainage infrastructure
Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has welcomed eleven new trainee planners as they begin a three-year Foundation Degree in Property, Housing & Planning at Belfast Metropolitan College. The programme, launched on 4 February 2026, marks the first intake of trainee planners since planning powers transferred to local councils in 2015. Eleven
Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has confirmed she is progressing a further funding package to remedy recent severe weather impacts on Northern Ireland’s roads, as the province confronts the aftermath of its second-wettest January since records began in 1836. The commitment comes just weeks after a £30 million maintenance allocation announced
The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has issued an operational update following Storm Chandra and a week of ice and rain alerts. More than 1,000 weather-related incidents have been logged since the storm hit, including widespread flooding and hundreds of fallen trees. With the latest Met Office warning now expired, the
