AQW 16971/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether she will publish the criteria for the allocation of funding to local councils concerning capital structural maintenance.
Asked by Andrew Muir MLA on 26 March 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 26 March 2021
- Answer due by
- 14 April 2021
- Answered
- 7 April 202112 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
In distributing the resources available for capital structural maintenance, allocations to the four DfI Roads Divisions are made on the basis of need, using a range of weighted indicators tailored to each maintenance activity. Divisions also use a range of indicators when apportioning across District Council areas to ensure, as far as possible, an equitable distribution of funds based on need.
The table below sets out the main activities comprising capital structural maintenance and the associated indicators and weightings currently used to distribute capital structural maintenance allocations to the four DfI Roads Divisions.
| Category | Indicator | Weighting |
| Resurfacing | Traffic | 30% |
| Condition | 30% | |
| Carriageway Area | 40% | |
| Footway Resurfacing | Traffic (using population) | 30% |
| Condition | 30% | |
| Footway Area | 30% | |
| 3 year Average spend | 10% | |
| Structural Drainage | Road Length | 50% |
| 3 year Average spend | 50% | |
| Surface Dressing | Traffic | 30% |
| Condition | 5% | |
| Rural Road Length | 35% | |
| 3 year Average spend | 30% |