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Millions cut from A5 budget due to legal challenge Millions 'cut' from A5 budget due to legal challenge
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The budget for the A5 road between Derry and Aughnacloy is to be cut by £10m a month, for as long as delays to the project continue. £10m a month that had been set aside for the new A5 road between Londonderry and Aughnacloy will have to be returned to Stormont, for as long as delays to the project continue.
Work on the dual carriageway was to begin next month, but has been held up indefinitely by a legal challenge.Work on the dual carriageway was to begin next month, but has been held up indefinitely by a legal challenge.
The Department for Regional Development has confirmed the money will go back into the Northern Ireland Executive's central budget. The Department for Regional Development said the money will go back into the NI's executive's central budget.
The A5 Alliance is the group behind the legal challenge.
DRD committee chairman Jimmy Spratt said it was an astonishing development.DRD committee chairman Jimmy Spratt said it was an astonishing development.
"It is something we had not anticipated, £10m a month will go back into the central kitty," he said."It is something we had not anticipated, £10m a month will go back into the central kitty," he said.
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"The project was ready to go with anything between 750 and 1,000 jobs created, so the economics of the whole thing is very worrying indeed."The project was ready to go with anything between 750 and 1,000 jobs created, so the economics of the whole thing is very worrying indeed.
"I hope that at some point in time we can get the money back into the Department of Regional Development.""I hope that at some point in time we can get the money back into the Department of Regional Development."
Mr Spratt added that another £750,000 a month will be added to the £10m in interest because the scheme will not start on time.Mr Spratt added that another £750,000 a month will be added to the £10m in interest because the scheme will not start on time.
"I hope this legal challenge is not a delaying tactic because no-one, not the department, the committee or politicians can do anything about that because the legal challenge has to be decided by the courts.""I hope this legal challenge is not a delaying tactic because no-one, not the department, the committee or politicians can do anything about that because the legal challenge has to be decided by the courts."
A spokesperson for the DRD Minister Danny Kenny said given the pending review it would be inappropriate to comment.A spokesperson for the DRD Minister Danny Kenny said given the pending review it would be inappropriate to comment.
The DRD did say that senior counsel has been instructed by the department to strongly rebut the legal challenge.The DRD did say that senior counsel has been instructed by the department to strongly rebut the legal challenge.
The group behind the legal challenge, the A5 Alliance, said it would also be inappropriate for them to comment on the case. The A5 Alliance said it would also be inappropriate for them to comment on the case.