AQW 37419/22-27

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 12/12/2025
Answered On Date: 08/01/2026
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) any process used to coordinate a multi-agency approach to close coastal roads during storms; and (ii) when a decision is made to close a coastal road, how the (a) public; (b) schools; and (c) businesses are informed of the closure.

Answer:

When road closures are necessary in an emergency situation such as a risk to life or danger to or from traffic, my departmental officials work closely with the PSNI who have the responsibly for closures in these instances.

During storm events my departmental officials attend multi agency co-ordination meetings, to update blue light services, the Education Authority, Translink and local councils on issues impacting the travelling public. This information is also disseminated widely through the use of my department’s social media and its TrafficwatchNI website.

Where roads are closed, signage is placed on site and diversion routes will be signed where appropriate.