Infrastructure Minister
Minister approves hotel bids for historic buildings on final day in office
TWO hotel developments caught up in the north’s planning system look set to go ahead after ministerial intervention on Thursday.
City of Derry Airport’s ‘immediate future secured’ by £3m support from Stormont
A £3 million grant from Stormont for City of Derry Airport has secured its immediate future, its managing director has said.
Derry City to have entirely zero-emission urban bus fleet by 2023
DERRY City’s entire urban bus fleet will be replaced with electric buses in two years.
Suspension of public planning events extended until end of September
A TEMPORARY suspension on staging public events as part of the planning process has been extended until the end of September.
Black taxi drivers urge infrastructure minister to implement concessionary fares to save jobs
Black taxi drivers in north and west Belfast have called on Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon to urgently implement concessionary fares on the service and prevent imminent job losses.
Criteria for £14m taxi driver support scheme unveiled
DETAILS of a new Covid support scheme for taxi drivers have been published.
Infrastructure Minister declines request to intervene over plan for new Belfast aquarium
THE Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has said it will not ‘call in’ a decision to grant planning permission for a £12 million aquarium in Belfast.
Businesses won't receive water and sewerage bills until July - Mallon
BUSINESSES in the north will not receive water and sewerage bills until July 2020, Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has said.
Nichola Mallon 'hoping to get movement' on one of Northern Ireland's biggest road schemes after taking up infrastructure role
NICHOLA Mallon said she is "hoping to get movement" on one of Northern Ireland's biggest road schemes after three years of Stormont "paralysis".
Increase in on-street car parking charges will raise £750,000 for department
AN increase in charges for on-street car parking in three of the north's main shopping locations is expected to raise more than £750,000 for the Department of Infrastructure.