AQW 7870/16-21

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 24/11/2016
Answered On Date: 14/12/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what proposals he will bring forward to allow vehicles to use bus lanes legally when they are not in use by public transport.

Answer:

My Department in currently in the process of amending legislation relating to the hours of operation of the bus lanes in East Bridge Street, Saintfield Road at Forestside and Upper Newtownards Road. This process is aimed at changing the hours of operation for these bus lanes from 24 hours to 12 hours per day, making them operational from 7am to 7pm.

Vehicles which are not permitted to be driven in bus lanes during prescribed bus lane operational times may be driven in them at all other times.