Which SiteIQ Scout Is Right for You? SiteIQ Scout now offers three different ways to discover more about the places you travel through. Whether you simply want to know the name of the townland you are entering, hear useful local updates, or identify potential property opportunities, there is a level designed for you. All three […]
Click on images for CPD Dashboard Britain and Ireland’s Infrastructure Problem Is No Longer Hidden The September 2026 update to the CPD infrastructure dashboards gives the public a clearer view of a problem that is usually buried in separate press releases, committee papers and project webpages. Across 240 major schemes in Northern Ireland, the Republic […]
The Department Answered a Question We Never Asked Strangford Lough Crossing Campaign | www.strangfordloughcrossing.org The Department for Infrastructure wrote to us again on 28 August 2026. Reading it carefully, something stands out: they’ve spent two pages arguing against a question we never actually asked. They have come back with Point 1 on the whiteboard, as […]
Would a Permanent Strangford Lough Crossing Help or Harm the Ards Peninsula and County Down? A Review of the International Evidence Strangford Lough Crossing Campaign — www.strangfordloughcrossing.org Executive Summary This question is asked honestly and often, including by local business owners with a direct economic interest in the status quo. It deserves a straight answer […]
Narrow Water Bridge: a new crossing with big hopes for tourism and growth (Update: Transport Logistics) Photos from Belgium where prefabricated part being made and preparing for delivery to Ireland Update: 24-08-2026 (Transport Logistics) Transport logistics for the Narrow Water Bridge prefabricated steel sections from Aelterman’s Ghent workshop (Belgium) to the site on Carlingford Lough […]
Two Councils Have Spoken. Now Their Local Development Plans Need to Say the Same Thing Portaferry and Strangford sit 0.6 nautical miles apart, separated by the Narrows and by an accident of local government history. Since 1 April 2015, Portaferry has been the responsibility of Ards and North Down Borough Council, and Strangford has been […]
The Case for Resilience: Why the Ards Peninsula Cannot Afford to Rely on One Crossing Strangford Lough Crossing (SLC) Campaign — for the latest evidence and updates, visit www.strangfordloughcrossing.org Michael O’Leary built Ryanair on one uncomfortable question: what happens when your only aircraft is grounded? You do not run an airline, or a country, on […]
The Inner Partition: What a Lough Without a Bridge Really Costs For years, this campaign has set out the case for a permanent crossing at Strangford Lough in terms of journey times, subsidy costs and traffic data. All of that evidence stands. But it’s worth naming, plainly, what the absence of a crossing actually does […]
Click on image above for direct access to Extension Calculator Knowing the Extension Cost Before You Call an Architect or Builder ExtendIQ gives homeowners and local builders a realistic starting point — before the first conversation happens. One of the most common frustrations in residential construction is the gap between expectation and reality. A homeowner […]
Strangford Lough Crossing — Interactive Feasibility Dashboard For the attention of: the Minister for Infrastructure, MPs, MLAs and councillors with a constituency interest in the Ards Peninsula, Lecale and Strangford Lough. Sixty years after the 1961–64 Stormont bridge proposal, and thirteen years after the Department’s last internal review, the case for a fixed crossing at […]