AQW 31383/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for her Department's assessment of the safety for pedestrians on the Rocky Road, South Belfast.
Asked by Kate Nicholl MLA on 17 September 2025
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 17 September 2025
- Answer due by
- 2 October 2025
- Answered
- 14 October 202527 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
In 2022, my Department completed an assessment to determine the viability of extending the existing footway on Rocky Road to Manse Road. This involved an initial assessment against three criteria, Safety, Accessibility and Integration, and Economy.
Unfortunately, due to constrained resources, work of this nature has to be taken forward on a prioritised basis and this potential scheme has not scored highly enough to pass an initial threshold.
However, I can advise that my Department has recently completed a footway extension on Church Road which connects to Manse Road and officials are currently developing plans to construct an additional 620m of new footway on the Manse Road.