AQW 11254/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 30/11/2020
Answered On Date: 04/12/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure which six schools in North Down her Department is considering for the roll out of part time 20mph speed limits.

Answer:

I can advise that all schools in the Ards & North Down Borough Council area were assessed using the assessment framework contained within my Department’s current road safety at schools policy document.

It is proposed to provide part-time 20mph speed limits at the following locations:

Abbey Primary School;

Andrews Memorial Primary School;

Carrowdore Primary School;

Kirkistown Primary School;

Loughries Integrated Primary School; and

St Patrick’s Primary School, Ballygalget.

Unfortunately based on the assessment scores none of the schools within the North Down area were ranked as highly as the schools included within this year’s programme. I intend to take forward a further tranche of part-time speed limits at schools in the next financial year and the schools in North Down will be considered for inclusion. The extent and scale of further roll out will be dependent on the funding made available to my Department.