Key Highlights
✅ Project Appraisal Guidelines (PAG):
- Update to 12 existing PAG units to align with changes to appraisal pathway thresholds in the Infrastructure Guidelines.
- Development of one new unit arising from revision of TEAM tool to Version 5.0. - PE-PAG-02046 - Project Appraisal Guidelines Unit 13.1 - Cost Benefit Analysis Using Tool for Economic Appraisal of Active Modes (TEAM)
✅ Environment (ENV):
- GE-ENV-01112 - Transport Infrastructure Ireland Biodiversity Metric Tool for Road, Greenway and Light Rail Projects: User Guide updated to include clear, up to date instructions for accessing and using the Tailte Éireann National Land Cover (NLC) mapping dataset within the Biodiversity Metric workflow.
✅ Standard Construction Details (SCD):
- New SCD published - CC-SCD-00113 – Edge of pavement detail carriageway in cutting nearside verge detail – combined filter drain and grassed channel (composite drain)
✅ Technical Bulletins (TBU):
- Withdrawal of 18 Technical Bulletins that were issued to support implementation, transition or communication of changes subsequently incorporated into TII Publications (Standards). As the technical requirements are now contained within controlled standards, specifications and associated documents, the continued publication of these Technical Bulletins provided limited value and may create ambiguity regarding current requirements