Project Approval Guidelines (ICT) 2025
Purpose and Objectives of the Guidelines
The purpose of these Project Approval Guidelines is to provide a framework for, and a phased approach to, the development, management and delivery of sustainable mobility projects of all types, for all capital values, and for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) projects, funded by the NTA.
The purpose of the Project Approval Guidelines is to provide a framework to ensure the successful delivery and oversight of capital infrastructure projects and programmes and ICT Projects, funded by the NTA, ensuring that the correct project is implemented in an appropriate manner at an optimal cost.
In this regard, these documents supersedes all previous NTA Project Approval/ Management Guidelines.
The updated Project Approval Guidelines (Infrastructure Projects and Programmes) pertain to infrastructure projects and programmes only.
The updated ICT Project Approval Guidelines (Information and Communication Technology) pertain to ICT Projects and programmes only.
The ICT Project Approval Guidelines (ICT PAG) for ICT projects and programmes shall be applied to all NTA funded projects from 28th September 2025. The updated procedures seek to provide a framework to address the requirements of the ICT guidelines, while also providing the appropriate level of assurance to NTA in their role as the Approving Authority
These replace the 2020 Project Approval Guidelines
