AQW 23750/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on when the (i) footpaths; and (ii) road at Onslow Gardens, Belfast, will be resurfaced.
Asked by Kate Nicholl MLA on 4 March 2025
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Priority
- Tabled
- 4 March 2025
- Answer due by
- 7 March 2025
- Answered
- 10 March 20256 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- Yes
Answer
My Department has been operating in a difficult financial environment for a number of years due to underfunding and austerity by the British Government and this has had a significant impact on its ability to deliver essential services such as road maintenance.
There are many roads that would undoubtedly benefit from investment, including those in Onslow Gardens, however, due to a limited budget, resurfacing work must be taken forward through the prioritisation of those deemed most in need of intervention.
Officials are currently developing the 2025/26 resurfacing programme, and this will be provided in the Department’s Annual Report to Belfast City Council.
In the interim, my officials will continue to undertake regular inspections in Onslow Gardens and repair defects in accordance with my Department’s current maintenance policy.