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Thank you, Minister. I have spoken about this matter a couple of times before, and it is just because of the impact that it is having on that farming community. Does the Minister know whether further or additional measures will be put in place to prevent further damage from any other storm-related incidents along that…
In order to address the safety issues on the Glenshesk Road, I have allocated £275,000 to manage the damage associated with the slippage on 27 March 2024. That funding will facilitate surveys and enabling works and will allow for the completion of the detailed design throughout this financial year. Further funding…
I am happy for my Department to engage in any conversations as to how we assist the public, whether in accessing healthcare or other matters, particularly in rural communities. Many rural communities have been left behind for far too long when it comes to the provision of public transport. Even as part of the…
Thank you, Minister, for your response. I am pleased to hear that you are working with other Departments to try to coordinate a transport approach. I encourage you to look in particular at the impact on rural areas. It can take up to an hour to get from Coleraine to Castlerock on a public transport bus, whereas it…
I met Ministers Nesbitt and Muir on 9 September to discuss the cross-departmental working group on community transport, which I established in my previous time as Minister. We collectively agreed that the group will look to consider whether transport in the community can provide a more cost-effective, value-for-money…
Safety in general is one of the factors that is taken into account in the provision of street lighting. I am aware of the launch of the policy on ending violence against women and girls. A number of areas in my Department will have to have a rethink as to what services we provide and how we provide them. I believe…
The future delivery of that project rests with the local transport plan. We hope to be in a position to launch a consultation on the Derry City and Strabane District Council transport plan early next summer: I believe that the date is set for that. That will then fit into how we strategically move traffic in and…
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht a fhreagra. As the Minister is aware, Coshquin is on or off the Buncrana Road. Will he provide us with an update on the long-awaited and long-overdue dualling of the A2 Buncrana Road? Not only are the delays there causing traffic problems in the area but potential road safety…
My Department's policy on the provision of street lighting in rural areas is detailed in policy and procedure guide E072. The policy, which has been in place since 1993, uses two main criteria when considering the provision of street lighting in rural areas. They relate to the density of development along a road or…
The Member raises a relevant and important point about the inclusivity of active travel moving forward. We are working closely with the Inclusive Mobility and Transport Advisory Committee (IMTAC) on that. I believe that Dermot Devlin was present and gave an address at the recent launch of the document. We are engaging…
I thank the Minister for his update on active travel. Minister, what are you doing to ensure that the voice of the disabled community is at the forefront of active travel, particularly on schemes such as bus stop boarders that have an impact on the disabled community? Will those, such as the example on the Dublin Road…
Will the Minister give an update on the new Newry to Carlingford greenway that is under construction? I know that a new boardwalk is being constructed adjacent to Victoria lock. That project, together with the Narrow Water bridge project, which has, of course, been paid for by the Irish Government, will be…
As I mentioned, I recently launched the active travel consultation document. I encourage Members and others to make themselves familiar with that document and respond to it in due course. It sets out the Department's vision of what active travel will look like in the future. We have given a number of examples and…
The Member will be aware that the project received planning permission in September 2022 and has gone through the local council. All the issues related to residents' concerns will have been dealt with through the planning process. My understanding is that Ards and North Down Borough Council is moving ahead with the…
I thank the Minister for his response and for the update on the wider investment in greenways. I welcome the investment in greenways in the Ards and North Down Borough Council area. The Minister may be aware that the residents who live directly on the site where the footbridge is due to be constructed have expressed…
The proposed pedestrian and cycle bridge forms part of the Newtownards to Bangor greenway. Planning approval for the project, including the bridge, was granted in September 2022. Ards and North Down Borough Council is leading on the delivery of the project, and I am pleased that my Department has been able to provide…
I understand that the Department for Communities is bringing forward a specific programme of work for Sandy Row, and fair play to it for doing so. I am aware that the business organisations in the city regularly meet my Executive colleagues to discuss issues. Again, I emphasise that one of the reasons why Belfast is…
Given the impact that the roadworks etc are having on local businesses, have you engaged with your colleagues in the Finance Department and the Economy Department to see what support can be opened up for those businesses?
I have often heard the leader of the Opposition talking about being a constructive Opposition. What is constructive about misrepresenting what I have just said? I said that I agreed to meet the group. The date that goes into my diary is organised between my private office and the organisation that I am meeting. I…
First, Minister, you may want to speak to your private office, if you have no say over what goes in your diary. Secondly, I want to gently push back on what Mr Gaston said about "unionist businesses" on Sandy Row. People from all over the community have used the shops in Sandy Row in the past, and I hope that that…
Those who claim to have Belfast's interests at heart would do well not to broadcast constantly the fact that there is traffic chaos in Belfast. There is traffic congestion in Belfast. Last Thursday night was particularly difficult as a result of traffic accidents on the M1 and M2, the weather conditions and the…
Why has engagement not taken place urgently on the traffic chaos in Belfast before now? We all knew that traffic chaos would come, so why has that taken until now?