AQW 40048/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the amount she has allocated to (i) structural road maintenance; and (ii) essential routine road maintenance activities, in 2024-25.
Asked by Andrew McMurray MLA on 6 February 2026
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Priority
- Tabled
- 6 February 2026
- Answer due by
- 11 February 2026
- Answered
- 17 February 202611 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- Yes
Answer
My Department’s spend on structural road maintenance and essential routine road maintenance activities in 2024-25 are detailed in the table below.
| Category of spend | £m |
| Capital Structural Maintenance | 107.4 |
| Resource Structural Maintenance | 28.4 |
| Routine Maintenance | 24.1 |
Capital Structural Maintenance includes resurfacing and reconstruction, asphalt patching, surface dressing, capital investment in both drainage infrastructure and in the structural stability of embankments.
Resource Structural Maintenance includes patching of the carriageway and footways. Routine Maintenance includes activities such grass cutting, tree maintenance and gully emptying.