Delivering better infrastructure is vital to help us achieve our priorities for the economy, our society and the environment.
The Programme for Government’s cross-cutting themes of a shared and better future and sustainability are embedded within the Investment Strategy. Future investment must be made wisely, and by working together in the Executive and in wider society we can all contribute to a shared and better future that is reflected in, and supported by, new patterns of infrastructure development that offer equality of opportunity for all. Sustainability is key to ensuring long-term success. The infrastructure we build today must serve us well for the years and the generations to come. We must, therefore, strive to develop in ways that lever maximum advantage from the economic, social and, increasingly, environmental and global issues that define our times and that will frame the opportunities and constraints for our region in the years ahead. We will build in sustainability as comprehensively as possible into each infrastructure project, and take the opportunity with contractors in each major procurement to progress the Executive’s wider economic, social and employment objectives.
