AQW 12702/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 30/05/2024
Answered On Date: 18/06/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any plans to improve road safety on Lisburn Road, South Belfast.

Answer:

My Department has recently completed a resurfacing scheme on the Lisburn Road between Balmoral Ave and Cranmore Gardens which included the upgrade of three pelican crossings to puffin crossings.

While no further works are programmed at this time, the local roads division has preliminary proposals to resurface the section of the Lisburn Road between Balmoral Avenue and Balmoral Golf Club.

One of the best ways to ensure safety on our roads and fulfil our long-term goal of eliminating death and serious injury by 2050, is by changing road user behaviour. As road users we all have a personal responsibility to behave in a way that keeps ourselves and others safe. The sad reality is that if we do not change our own attitudes when we are using the roads, our death toll will continue to increase.