New Infrastructure Minister has fallen at the first hurdle - Green Party

Green Party Leader Mal O’Hara said, "Sinn Fein continue to lack ambition on public transport regardless of who they swap into or out of the Ministerial seat. While the Glider expansion is welcome, it was very clear that the public appetite for extending the service to Glengormley was there. That the Minister cites "congestion" in Glengormley centre as a key reason not to expand the Glider shows just how poorly this executive understands transport. Frequent, reliable and cheap public transport reduces congestion."

Cllr Aine Groogan said, "This is a short-sighted decision by the Minister for Infrastructure. I'm incredibly frustrated that there is no plan to extend the new glider route to Carryduff, it shows that there continues to be no vision or appetite for transformation amidst the NI Executive. We need extensive investment in our public transport system to make up for the years of chronic underfunding. What isn't economically viable is Stormont's failure to grasp that we are in a climate emergency & a public health crisis from air pollution, its nonsensical not to include what is in reality a modest extension to the scheme."

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