4.2.1 | NIFTI Investment

4.2.1 | NIFTI Investment Priority: Decarbonisation

The transport sector is Ireland’s second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, responsible for a fifth of emissions in 2019. To support the delivery of a low-carbon future and the Government’s ambitious targets set out in the Climate Action Plan, it is crucial that future transport investment decarbonises the transport

Many of the investments that will help drive decarbonisation have positive spillovers for other

National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland | Investment Priorities

NSOs, such as compact growth, and will have health, environmental and quality of life benefits more widely than just greenhouse gas emissions, such as improved air quality and increased levels of physical activity.

under the revised NDP, there is also a need to repair parts of the network that have deteriorated due to past underinvestment. This restoration should proceed in order of strategic importance.