The 10 infrastructure projects that will show if the Government is fulfilling its building promises

Each of these projects are essential for us to simply catch up with the demands of our expanding population, most notably the water and housing projects, writes Shane Dempsey of the Association of Consulting Engineers Ireland

The problem facing the Government is that many of these measures will take years to implement, with an even longer wait for people to reap the economic and social benefits. File picture: Noel Sweeney

The Government’s long-awaited accelerating infrastructure report arrived late last year to much fanfare, but there remain high levels of scepticism as to how quickly it will bear fruit on the myriad infrastructural challenges across the South-West. 

It's a long overdue attempt to sort Ireland's infrastructure deficit, but the problem facing the Government is that many of these measures will take years to implement, with an even longer wait for people to reap the economic and social benefits.