•  A new Regional Transportation Strategy will seek to build on what has been achieved, set out a range of objectives that we want to achieve and outline how we propose to get there. It will focus on moving people rather than moving vehicles, creating space on the networks for people and also for freight and on maintaining what is in place and using it in a smarter way.

•  Roads Service is responsible for the maintenance of 25,000km of public roads and footways. Going forward we will focus our structural maintenance investment on maintaining the condition of the motorway and trunk road network.

•  The planned improvements to the A5 and A8 will deliver a major upgrade to the strategic roads network*. This investment will improve safety and journey times to the North West and to the Port of Larne.

•  Further upgrades on routes on the strategic roads will improve journey times, enhance safety and improve access to the ports and gateways thereby contributing to an improving economy.

•  The Derry~Londonderry - Coleraine rail relay is to be completed in three phases with the first phase starting in July 2012. Completion of re-signalling works and construction of a new passing loop will be undertaken in 2015, with a full relay of the track expected to be completed in 2021.

•  The timing of the work on the Knockmore to Lurgan rail line will be considered in future budget scenarios.

•  The potential development of a new Integrated Transport Hub and Interchange on the site of the existing Europa Bus Centre and Great Victoria Street Railway Station and adjacent land will be taken forward.

•  Potential investment in Sustainable Transport Initiatives and ICT investment in Transport services will be considered and taken forward.

•  Investment in Telecoms will continue towards the aims set out by the UK Coalition Government. Northern Ireland has secured a £4.4m allocation under the £530m funded Broadband Delivery UK Strategy (BDUK) and is in discussions to source additional significant funding to develop and deliver an innovative project to improve access to mobile voice and data services. Funds will be used to ensure that all premises here continue to have access to a broadband service and to offer a service level of at least 2Mbps across the region.

•  We will support significant investment in the Electricity Grid and Interconnection to ensure that consumers benefit from the Single Electricity Market, there is improved security of supply and that wind energy as a valuable energy source is not curtailed.