Mark H Durkan.
No money is available to carry out “much needed” traffic calming measures “in the near future” in the Foyle Springs area of Derry, it has emerged.
While Roads Service have said the work could not be carried out because of “budgetary constraints,” SDLP Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan has called on Department of Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy “to do all he can” to ensure the scheme could progress “without further undue delay.”
Speaking after a traffic assessment was conducted in the Foyle Springs (phase two area), Mr Durkan said: “People in the Bantry Road, Strangford and Springvale areas have been calling for traffic calming in the area for a long time.
“The SDLP have persistently raised it with Roads Service and I am pleased they have finally accepted the need for traffic calming measures.
“I regret, however, that Roads Service has said that due to budgetary constraints the work cannot be carried out in the near future, but I call on the DRD Minister Danny Kennedy to do all that he can to ensure this scheme can progress without further undue delay.”
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