AQW 40550/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the amount of funding allocated to road (i) maintenance; and (ii) resurfacing, in East Londonderry, in each of the last five financial years.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 13 February 2026
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 13 February 2026
- Answer due by
- 2 March 2026
- Answered
- 3 March 202618 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
My Department’s capital and resource structural maintenance expenditure, by council area covering the East Derry constituency, for each of the last five financial years, is set out in the table below:
| District Council Area | Structural Maintenance | Year 20-21 | Year 21-22 | Year 22-23 | Year 23-24 | Year 24-25 |
| £m | ||||||
| Causeway Coast & Glens | Resource | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| Capital | 10.3 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 9.1 | 10.9 | |
| Derry City & Strabane | Resource | 1 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| Capital | 6.7 | 6.5 | 9.8 | 7.4 | 8.2 | |
Expenditure is determined by budget allocation and capacity in any given year.
Resource Structural Maintenance includes patching of the carriageway and footways.
Capital Structural Maintenance includes resurfacing and reconstruction, asphalt patching, surface dressing, capital investment in both drainage infrastructure and in the structural stability of embankments.