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DfI awards £1.6m bridge replacement contract

29/08/2025

Northern Ireland's Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has awarded Charles Brand Group a £1.6m bridge replacement and carriageway works contract.

£1.1m and counting for bearing replacements on Belfast bridge

14/08/2025

The M3 Lagan Bridge in Belfast is scheduled to undergo further repairs this weekend, bringing the total amount spent on bearing replacements to £1.1m.

Infrastructure minister to appeal High Court's A5 scheme ruling

05/08/2025

Northern Ireland’s infrastructure minister, Liz Kimmins, has confirmed that the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) will appeal the High Court ruling that stymied the A5 upgrade project.

Hundreds of Northern Ireland farms 'still in the dark' over A5 scheme

01/08/2025

The Ulster Farmers’ Union has expressed ‘deep frustration’ after trying to engage with Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure (DfI) over land impacted by the A5 road scheme.

M1 Craigavon to undergo £3m upgrade

22/07/2025

A £3m resurfacing scheme for the M1 in Northern Ireland will start this week, the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has announced.

Breaking point: Northern Ireland roads suffer 'shocking' in-year funding round

17/07/2025

Key roads suppliers in Northern Ireland have slammed the paucity of funding for network maintenance in the devolved nation, following a painful in-year uplift last month.

High Court rules against A5 project

24/06/2025

The High Court in Belfast has ruled against the £1.7bn A5 road project in Northern Ireland going ahead in its current form.

String of contracts for Northern Ireland roads

18/06/2025

There have been £1.9m of road improvement schemes approved by the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) in Northern Ireland over the past month.

DfI awards £3m road improvement contract

19/05/2025

Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure (DfI) awarded an estimated £3.4m contract for improvements to Mountjoy Road/Gortin Road, Omagh to John McQuillan Contracts.

DfI awards £41m of environmental deals

15/05/2025

The Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has announced five new environmental maintenance contracts, worth a total value of £41.25m.

£500k road improvements for A6 Glenshane Road

13/05/2025

The Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has commenced work on a £500,000 road improvement scheme for the A6 Glenshane Road, Dungiven this week.

Northern Ireland opens procurement on £78m A1 upgrade contract

08/01/2025

A construction contract worth £78m is up for grabs on the Northern Ireland A1 Junctions Phase 2 Road Improvements Scheme.

O'Dowd joins the AT crowd with new delivery plan

18/11/2024

The Northern Ireland Executive has launched a public consultation on its plans to deliver over 200km of ‘high quality’ active travel infrastructure over the next 10 years.

Northern Ireland takes axe to road schemes

24/08/2023

Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure has paused two-thirds of its major road schemes, citing both financial and environmental reasons.

Northern Ireland pauses scheme on climate grounds as new link opens

13/04/2023

The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) Northern Ireland has opened a £220m dualling scheme, while pausing the development of another major scheme on climate change grounds.

Northern Ireland to set up its own infrastructure commission

05/08/2021

The Northern Ireland Executive plans to set up a similar institution to the UK's National Infrastructure Commission, as part of its wider efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Northern Ireland awaits new road safety strategy

28/01/2021

Northern Ireland’s devolved government has said it plans to issue a draft new road safety strategy by March after its existing plan expired last month.

New section opens as £189m A6 dualling nears completion

24/11/2020

The final section of the A6 Randalstown to Castledawson Dualling Scheme in Northern Ireland has opened.

Northern Ireland looks to progress 'flagship' road schemes

25/06/2020

The Northern Ireland Executive has said it aims to aid economic recovery by progressing a raft of strategic infrastructure schemes and flagship projects, including the much-delayed £1bn-plus A5 Western Transport Corridor scheme.

Northern Ireland loses road contractors in cash squeeze

09/03/2020

Roads maintenance funding in Northern Ireland has been cut so hard that contractors may have moved away or changed their activities, the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has admitted.

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