AQW 43496/11-15

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 10/03/2015
Answered On Date: 25/03/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Regional Development for an update on the A8 upgrade scheme, including an expected date for completion.

Answer:

Construction of the £130 million, 14 km-long A8 dualling scheme is progressing very well and is approximately 95 per cent complete.

To date, all eight of the bridges on the scheme are now substantially complete, with six open to traffic. In addition, the contractor has also laid over 270,000 tonnes of the 300,000 tonnes of bituminous material required for the scheme.

The contract completion date for the opening of the new dual carriageway is the end of May 2015, however, landscaping work will continue until December 2015.