£1m unverifiedbridge spend
Finance Minister Sammy Wilson revealed the unverified expenditure in response to a question at the Assembly tabled by Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) MLA Jim Allister.
Mr Wilson stated: “The River Foyle Foot and Cycle Bridge (also known as the Peace Bridge) was awarded funding of £14,497,723 under the PEACE III Programme.
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Hide Ad“Of this, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) contribution is £9,792,220.34 (approximately 67.5 per cent).
“To date, verified expenditure for this project is £12,463,887.55, with an additional £1,177,542.14 of submitted claims yet to be verified.
“SEUPB expects further expenditure claims for this project to be submitted in the near future.”