Debate contribution: Road Safety: Structural Maintenance

Debate contribution by Mr Trevor Clarke on 15 September 2025.

MLA: Mr Trevor Clarke
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 15 September 2025
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Road Safety: Structural Maintenance
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5099613

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I do not want to lead on to the topic that we will debate later, but I feel that I have to. On the one hand, we report potholes — I am sure that all elected representatives do the same — and the repairs that are required to our roads, but, on the other hand, we need to report the same roads six to eight weeks later, because of the substandard nature of the repairs. When will the Department get value for money for the repairs, and when will it follow up with contractors to make sure that they have done the job that they were paid to do so that our roads do not have to be fixed so frequently?

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Part of an exchange

This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 1547/22-27.

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