Department for Infrastructure

The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) is one of nine Northern Ireland Departments. The main responsibilities of the Department are:

• regional strategic planning and development policy
• transport strategy and sustainable transport policy
• public transport policy and performance
• road safety and vehicle regulation policy, including strategies to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on our roads
• driver and operator licensing and driver and vehicle testing
• provision and maintenance of all public roads
• certain policy and support work for air and sea ports
• river and sea defence maintenance and the construction of flood alleviation schemes
• provision of flood maps and risk information
• policy on water and sewerage services and management of the Department’s shareholder interest in Northern Ireland Water