18/11/2003
Belfast road works on hold for Christmas period
Belfast's roads look set for a happy Christmas after it was announced that all road works are to be embargoed across the city centre.
Minister of State, John Spellar said plans for Belfast City Centre and major routes into Belfast, Bangor and Lisburn from 24 November to 5 January would help facilitate Christmas traffic.
The Minister said: "This voluntary arrangement between Roads Service and the utility companies will place a temporary ban on all planned road works on the main routes in Belfast, Bangor and Lisburn, except for works which are unavoidable.
"This should help the travelling public during the run-up to Christmas, which is the busiest traffic period of the year and I would like to thank the utilities, which have all fully co-operated with this initiative."
Joanne Jennings, Belfast City Centre Manager also welcomed the embargo. She said: "The shoppers and traders of Belfast will greatly benefit from this initiative and I hope it will encourage even more people to travel into the City during the Christmas period."
The M1 road works are not included in the embargo because they do not impact on the current traffic capacity using the M1 and has been scheduled as part of a 52-week scheme.
(MB)
Minister of State, John Spellar said plans for Belfast City Centre and major routes into Belfast, Bangor and Lisburn from 24 November to 5 January would help facilitate Christmas traffic.
The Minister said: "This voluntary arrangement between Roads Service and the utility companies will place a temporary ban on all planned road works on the main routes in Belfast, Bangor and Lisburn, except for works which are unavoidable.
"This should help the travelling public during the run-up to Christmas, which is the busiest traffic period of the year and I would like to thank the utilities, which have all fully co-operated with this initiative."
Joanne Jennings, Belfast City Centre Manager also welcomed the embargo. She said: "The shoppers and traders of Belfast will greatly benefit from this initiative and I hope it will encourage even more people to travel into the City during the Christmas period."
The M1 road works are not included in the embargo because they do not impact on the current traffic capacity using the M1 and has been scheduled as part of a 52-week scheme.
(MB)
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