AQW 2810/17-22

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 27/02/2020
Answered On Date: 11/03/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) when she will publish the report on the 20mph project outside rural schools; and (ii) whether the Schools (Part-Time 20mph Speed Limit) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 will be extended to all schools.

Answer:

As Minister responsible for promoting and improving road safety, I want to work actively with partners to reduce death and serious injuries on our roads. I believe that reducing the maximum speed at which traffic can travel on some of our roads, particularly those near schools, can help.

My Department is committed to introducing measures that reduce the speed of traffic on our roads. We are currently trialling an arrangement of signs that is intended to allow the introduction of more part-time 20mph speed limits at schools. I am expecting receipt of the findings of the trial in the next month or so, and plan to make them publicly available after I have given them due consideration.

Further changes to legislation will be considered in due course.