AQW 29606/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail when the Eastern Transport Plan 2035 will be published.
Asked by Kate Nicholl MLA on 1 July 2025
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 1 July 2025
- Answer due by
- 18 July 2025
- Answered
- 8 July 20257 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Eastern Transport Plan is the largest of the local transport plans and will integrate with the Local Development Plans of the Antrim and Newtownabbey; Ards and North Down; Belfast; Lisburn and Castlereagh; and Mid and East Antrim councils.
Due to the five local council areas being at different stages in their Local Development Plans, the Eastern Transport Plan will therefore be published in iterations. As Belfast City Council is most advanced, the first iteration will cover the Belfast City Centre Transport Plan and Metropolitan Area Transport Plan.
A draft of these elements of the Eastern Transport Plan is being prepared and is scheduled for public engagement in Autumn 2025. Publication will depend on the engagement responses but is anticipated to be early in 2026.