AQW 9907/22-27


Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim


Tabled Date: 11/04/2024
Answered On Date: 26/04/2024
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 9059/22-27, how many rectification notices have been served in the last five years.


Answer:
Utility companies are responsible for the permanent reinstatement of roads to an agreed specification. When utility companies do not reinstate roads in a satisfactory manner, the Department applies the procedures for inspection of reinstatements and for dealing with reinstatement failures as set out in the Northern Ireland Road Authority and Utilities Committee (NIRAUC) Code of Practice for Inspections. The number of reinstatement failures is set out in the table below.
Year
Reinstatement Failures
2019/2020
1024
2020/2021
759
2021/2022
1009
2022/2023
1259
2023/2024
908
The reinstatement defects recorded in the table were notified to the company responsible for the necessary remedial works.