AQW 8398/16-21

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 02/12/2016
Answered On Date: 13/12/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on proposals to extend park and ride provision (i) in; and (ii) beyond the Carryduff area.

Answer:

My Department currently has no plans to extend Park & Ride provision on the Carryduff corridor.

The Park & Ride facility at Cairnshill was provided in 2010 to serve this corridor and continues to prove very popular with commuters. The site regularly attracts over 500 cars each day and also caters for drop-offs, walk-in and cyclists.

My Department appreciates the important role of Park & Ride and Park & Share in encouraging a shift from the private car to public transport, both bus and train, and has delivered over 2,000 additional spaces in the last three years under the Strategic Park & Ride Delivery Programme. My Department is currently finalising a new Park & Ride Strategic Delivery Programme which will set out proposals to provide further additional Park & Ride and Park & Share spaces across the North.