Transport 21 to get extra cash, says Cullen

TRANSPORT Minister Martin Cullen has promised that extra funding for implementation of the Transport 21 blueprint will be announced in next month’s Budget on top of the overall 1.5% increase in spending for the sector confirmed yesterday.

Expenditure on transport will increase to €2.2 billion next year before the revised estimates are due to be published after the budget on December 7.

“Today’s estimate gives just the first taste of what is to come in Transport 21 over the years ahead. The plan in full will reshape Irish transport infrastructure for the decades to come,” said Mr Cullen.