AQW 45008/11-15

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 23/04/2015
Answered On Date: 06/05/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Regional Development whether his Department has considered additional traffic calming measures on the Upper Road in Greenisland.

Answer:

My Department does not intend to provide any additional ‘formal’ traffic calming measures on the Upper Road Greenisland. However, as a result of representations from elected representatives about driver behaviour on the B90, TransportNI in conjunction with the PSNI, recently carried out a review of speed limits along the B90 from the A8 to the B149 Beltoy Road.

This review indicated that, given the gradual increase in residential development and traffic volumes around Greenisland, a revision of the current speed limits along the B90 at Greenisland would better reflect the function of the road and help improve driver respect and in turn compliance with the speed limits. With this in mind, it has been agreed to begin the consultation process to provide a 40mph limit to the west of Greenisland to include the Monkstown Road junction and extend the existing 40mph limit to the east of the village to include the development around the Trooperslane Road junction.