AQW 21365/17-22

Mr John Blair
Alliance Party
South Antrim

Tabled Date: 02/07/2021
Answered On Date: 16/07/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department will consider the inclusion of Glengormley High School in the future rollout of the part-time 20mph zones scheme.

Answer:

I was delighted to have been able to commit funding from the 2020/2021 capital budget toward the introduction of part-time 20 mph speed limits at 103 schools. These measures increase driver awareness and achieve reductions in vehicle speeds outside and near these schools ensuring that parents, children and staff will be safer as they go to and from the schools on a daily basis.

It is my intention to take forward further tranches of part-time speed limits at schools and all schools in South Antrim, including Glengormley High School, will be assessed and prioritised for inclusion in the 2021/22 programme, the nature and extent of which is being finalised within the budget available.