AQW 8947/08


Mrs Naomi Long
Alliance Party
East Belfast


Tabled Date: 04/07/2008
Answered On Date: 18/07/2008
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Regional Development (i) how many miles of cycle lanes there are (a) in total; and (b) by constituency; and (ii) how many additional miles of cycle lanes have been added in each of the last three financial years (a) in total; and (b) by constituency.


Answer:
With regard to AQW 8947/08, my Department's Roads Service does not maintain details of cycle lanes on a parliamentary constituency basis. However, the table below provides details, where available, of the total miles of cycle lanes in each Council area, where cycle lanes are in operation, and the additional miles of cycle lanes added in each of the last three financial years.
Council
Total Cycle Lanes (miles)
Miles of cycle lanes provided in
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
Belfast
46.53
2.99
1.43
1.80
Carrickfergus
1.19
0.24
0
0
Castlereagh
12.67
2.32
0.25
3.86
Lisburn
21.64
0.31
1.73
2.21
Newtownabbey
12.00
0.62
0.88
0.24
North Down
11.71
1.09
0
0
Antrim
8.58
2.17
0
1.27
Ballymena
5.10
0
0
0.4
Coleraine
17.31
0.24
0.5
1.03
Limavady
6.90
0.44
0
0
Derry
18.00
1.93
1.20
2.20
Larne
1.24
0
0
0
Ballymoney
1.03
0
0
0.5
Craigavon
Not Available
0.63
0
0.07
Down
Not Available
0.18
0
0.31
Newry & Mourne
Not Available
5.46
1.49
0
Ards
Not Available
0
1.05
0.36
Banbridge
Not Available
0
0.42
0
Armagh
Not Available
0
0
0.12
TOTALS
163.90
18.62
8.95
14.37
In relation to AQW 8948/08, Roads Service does not maintain details of bus lanes on a parliamentary constituency basis. However, the table below provides details of the total miles of bus lanes in each Council area, where bus lanes are in operation, and the additional miles of bus lanes added in each of the last three financial years.
Council
Total Bus Lanes (Miles)
Miles of Bus lanes provided in
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
Belfast
14.50
2.40
0
0.10
Carrickfergus
0
0
0
0
Castlereagh
1.40
0.30
0
0
Lisburn
4.10
0
2.10
0.20
Newtownabbey
2.70
0
0
1.40
Antrim
0.01
0
0
0
Ballymena
0.21
0
0
0
TOTALS
22.92
2.70
2.10
1.70