Lisburn & Castlereagh - Temporary Traffic Regulation

Department for Infrastructure

Temporary Traffic
Regulation
Church Road, Castlereagh
Notice is hereby given that the Department for Infrastructure
using its powers under Article 7 (1) and (3) of the Road Traffic
Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, has temporarily
prohibited the use, by traffic of:-
Church Road, Castlereagh, from Manse Road to
Ballygowan Road.
This road will be closed from Monday 6th January until Friday
28th February 2025, from 09:30hrs until 16:30hrs each day.
The closure is required for DfI Eastern (New Works &
Maintenance schemes).
Alternative route: Church Road – Manse Road –
Ballygowan Road.
Newry Southern Relief Road
Public Consultation Event
Proposal: PROVIDING A NEW STRATEGIC ROAD
LINK BETWEEN THE A1 DUBLIN ROAD AND A2
WARRENPOINT ROAD
The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) is undertaking a
Public Consultation Event for the formal consultation of the
Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Statutory
Orders to the proposed delivery of the Newry Southern
Relief Road.
The aim of the event is to demonstrate how the proposed
scheme has been developed to its current stage and the next
steps for the scheme. It will update stakeholders and the
public on the current proposals. It will also demonstrate how
critical environmental concerns are being considered as part
of the Environmental Impact Assessment process.
A staffed Public Consultation event will take place as listed
below which will provide an opportunity to engage with
Departmental staff and the engineering consultants who
can provide detail on the proposed scheme and the planned
programme for delivery.
Date: Tuesday 21 January 2025
Location: Newry Leisure Centre, Cecil Street, Newry,
Co. Down. BT35 6AU.
Time: 10.00 - 21.00
The event will include an un-staffed exhibition display
from Wednesday 22 January to Tuesday 4 March, which
will provide an opportunity to review the documents
and engineering drawings to the proposed scheme and
the planned programme for delivery. Feedback will be
welcomed by the Department. These can be viewed at the
following locations:
• DfI Headquarters, James House, 2 - 4 Cromac Avenue,
Belfast, BT7 2JA.
• DfI Southern Division, Marlborough House, Central Way,
Craigavon, BT64 1AD.
• DfI Newry Section Office, 3 Springhill Road, Carnbane
Industrial Estate, Newry, BT35 6EF.
• Newry Leisure Centre, Cecil Street, Newry, BT35 6AU.
• Newry and Mourne Museum, Bagenal’s Castle, Castle
Street, Newry BT34 2BY.
• Newry City Library, 79 Hill Street Newry Down BT34 1DG.
You may make representation at the venue, or by email, letter,
and telephone as detailed below to:
Website:https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/articles/newrysouthern-relief-road-overview
Email: Southern.sri@infrastructure-ni.gov.uk
Address: Major Projects Team South, DfI, Southern Division,
Marlborough House, Craigavon, BT64 1AD
Telephone: (028) 3832 0409
Newry Southern Relief Road
Environmental Impact Assessment:
Notice of Publication
The Department for Infrastructure hereby gives notice in
accordance with Article 67A(3) and (9) of the Roads (Northern
Ireland) Order 1993 that it has prepared an Environmental
Impact Assessment Report on the effects of the proposed
construction of the Newry Southern Relief Road.
The general effect of the project will be the construction of
approximately 4 kilometres of new carriageway to provide a
strategic link between the A1/N1 Belfast to Dublin corridor and
the A2 Warrenpoint Road, bypassing Newry City Centre.
The aim of this project is to provide an alternative route for
strategic traffic that avoids Newry City centre.
In addition to earthworks and drainage, landscaping will be
carried out to improve the appearance of the road and lessen
the visual impact of the proposed scheme.
Trunk Road Order
The Trunk Road T4 (Newry Southern
Relief) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
The Department for Infrastructure hereby gives notice in
accordance with the provisions of Schedule 8 to the 1993
Order that it proposes to make an Order under Article 14(1)
and 68(1), (3) and (5) of that Order.
The proposed Order will provide that 6370 metres of new and
upgraded road (including 3 new and 2 upgraded roundabouts)
as described in Part 1 of the Schedule shall be part of the
Lisburn-Newry-Land Frontier Trunk Road T4.
The Order also provides for the stopping-up of certain roads
to road traffic as per parts II, III and IV of the Schedule and the
abandonment of certain roads as per part V of the Schedule.
Bridge Orders
The Newry River Bridge Order
(Northern Ireland) 2025
The Department gives notice of its intention to make a
Statutory Rule entitled The Newry River Bridge Order
(Northern Ireland) 2025.
The proposed Order will provide for the construction of a road
bridge over the navigable waters of the Newry River, Newry in
association with the Newry Southern Relief scheme.
The Newry Canal Bridge Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
The Department gives notice of its intention to make a
Statutory Rule entitled The Newry Canal Bridge (Northern
Ireland) Order 2025.
The proposed Order will provide for the construction of a road
bridge over the navigable waters of the Newry Canal, Newry,
in association with the Newry Southern Relief Road scheme.
The Newry River (Extinguishment of Certain Public
Rights of Navigation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
The Department gives notice of its intention to make a
Statutory Rule entitled The Newry River (Extinguishment
of Certain Public Rights of Navigation) Order (Northern
Ireland) 2025.
The proposed Order seeks to provide for the extinguishment
of any public rights of navigation over the navigable waters
specified in Article 6 and seeks to provide for the proposed
extinguishment of any public rights of navigation over the
navigable waters specified in Article 2 of the proposed Order,
in association with the Newry Southern Relief Road scheme.
The Newry River Foot/Cycle Bridge (Northern Ireland)
Order 2025
The Department gives notice of its intention to make a
Statutory Rule entitled The Newry River Foot/Cycle Bridge
(Northern Ireland) Order 2025.
The proposed Order will provide for the construction of a foot/
cycle bridge over the navigable waters of the Newry River,
in association with the Newry Southern Relief Road scheme.
The Newry Ship Canal (Temporary Extinguishment of Certain
Public Rights of Navigation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
The Department gives notice of its intention to make a
statutory rule entitled The Newry Ship Canal (Temporary
Extinguishment of Certain Public Rights of Navigation) Order
(Northern Ireland) 2025
The proposed Order provides for the temporary
extinguishment of the public rights of navigation over the
navigable waters, in association with the Newry Southern
Relief Road scheme.
Notice of Intention to
Make a Vesting Order
Newry Southern Relief Road
The Department proposes to make an order vesting
certain lands in the townlands of Ballynacraig, Cloghoge
and Commons, County Down and Cloghoge, Drumalane,
Ellisholding and Fathom Lower, County Armagh, in the
Department under the Local Government Act (Northern
Ireland) 1972 and The Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993.
The Department proposes to acquire the land for the
construction of approximately 4 kilometres of new carriageway
to provide a strategic link between the A1/N1 Belfast to Dublin
corridor and the A2 Warrenpoint Road, bypassing Newry
City Centre.
All documents and maps relating to the scheme may be
inspected, by appointment from 21st January 2025, during
office opening hours at offices of the Department – Southern
Division, Marlborough House, Central Way, Craigavon BT64
1AD, Newry, Mourne and Down Section Office, 3 Springhill
Road, Carnbane Industrial Estate, Newry BT35 6EF,
Headquarters, James House, 2-4 Cromac Avenue, Belfast,
BT7 2JA, Newry Leisure Centre, Cecil Street, Newry, BT35
6AU, Newry and Mourne Museum, Bagenal’s Castle, Castle
Street, Newry BT34 2BY and at Newry City Library, 79 Hill
Street, Newry, BT34 1DG or online at
https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/articles/newry-southernrelief-road-overview.
An electronic copy may also be obtained by emailing
southern.sri@infrastructure-ni.gov.uk.
Any person who wishes to express an opinion on the
environmental impact assessment report or to object
to the making of the trunk road order, the bridge orders
or the proposed vesting order being made must, on or
before the 4th of March 2025, write to the Director of Major
Projects, Department for Infrastructure, James House,
2-4 Cromac Avenue, Belfast, BT7 2JA or email southern.
sri@infrastructure-ni.gov.uk, stating their opinion and or
the grounds of their objection to the proposed orders. The
Department will take into consideration any representations
made in support of or against the project, before deciding
whether or not to proceed with or without modifications.
Information you provide in your response, including personal
information, could be published or disclosed under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) or the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004 (EIR).
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