Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 October 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Sustainable Mobility Policy: Department of Transport
Mr. Andrew Ebrill:
To elaborate a little on what Mr. Spratt said, the NTA will come to us on a regular basis and propose an overall budget envelope and a suite of projects it thinks will best deliver for the modal shift. For example, for this year, the allocation has fallen with roughly €240 million being spent in the five cities around the country and then €73 million on walking and cycling outside cities in more rural areas, so we take account of that and as part of the budgetary process we approve that. I should say those figures are separate to greenways, which are also being developed. We have a programme of work at the moment to look to integrate the greenways, which are more tourist-oriented although not entirely, with more local active travel infrastructure as part of a coherent network. That is a piece of work the agencies are working on.
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