Department for Infrastructure - traffic notices (various)

PART-TIME SPEED LIMIT -
SCHOOLS
The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has made a Statutory Rule entitled
“The Schools (Part-Time 20mph Speed Limit) (Amendment) Order (Northern
Ireland) 2025” (S.R. 2025 No. 200), which comes into operation on
14 January 2026.
The Rule will apply part-time 20mph speed limits at:-
• Aghintain Road, Clogher adjacent to Carntall Primary School;
• Tempo Road, Enniskillen adjacent to Devenish College;
• Ballagh Road and Edfield Way, Fivemiletown adjacent to
Fivemiletown Primary School;
• Tiravally Road, Killesher adjacent to St Mary’s Primary School;
• Glen Road, Maghera adjacent to St Patrick’s Primary School;
• Iniscarn Road, Magherafelt adjacent to St Columb’s Primary School;
• Drumnakilly Road, Omagh adjacent to Naíscoil na gCrann Irish School;
and
• Letfern Avenue, Tattyreagh, Omagh adjacent to Scared Heart
Primary School.
A copy of the Rule may be viewed at DfI offices during office hours (Monday
to Friday 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.) by appointment only. Appointments can be
arranged by telephoning 0300 200 7899. The Rule may also be viewed
online at www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr

SPEED LIMITS
The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) proposes to make an Order entitled
The Roads (Speed Limit) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026.
The Order will :–
• apply a 30 miles per hour speed limit to a length of Rossinver Road,
Garrison and lengths of Benone Avenue, Limavady;
• apply a 40 miles per hour speed limit to a length of Clabby Road, Clabby,
Sligo Road, Letterbreen, Enniskillen, lengths of Benone Avenue,
Limavady, a length of Ballinlea Road, Mosside and a length of Tempo
Road, Tempo;
• extend the length of an existing 40 miles per hour speed limit on a length
of Cromore Road, Coleraine; and
• revoke a number of other speed limits relating to Clabby Road, Clabby,
Cromore Road, Coleraine, Sligo Road, Letterbreen, Enniskillen,
Benone Avenue, Limavady, and Doon Road, Tempo.
Vehicles are excepted from the restrictions in certain circumstances.
Full details are contained in the draft Order which, together with maps
showing the roads involved, may be inspected free of charge during office
hours within the period below at:
• DfI TRAM Northern Division, Traffic Management Section, County Hall,
Castlerock Road, Coleraine, BT51 3HS or by emailing

dfiroads.northern@infrastructure-ni.gov.uk

• DfI TRAM Western Division, Network Development, County Hall,
Drumragh Avenue, Omagh, BT79 7AF or by emailing

trafficwestern@infrastructure-ni.gov.uk

Inspection of the draft Order and maps is by appointment only which can be
arranged either by email using the office e-mail address above or by
telephone during office hours (Monday to Friday 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.) on
0300 200 7899. Details may also be viewed online at

www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/consultations

Any person may object or make other representations, specifying the
grounds on which they are made, by writing to or emailing the Department at
the DfI TRAM addresses above within a period of 22 days from the date of
publication of this Notice. The information you provide in your response to
this consultation, excluding personal information, may be published or
disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) or
the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR). If you want the information
that you provide to be treated as confidential, please tell us why, but be aware
that, under the FOIA/EIR, we cannot guarantee confidentiality. For
information regarding the Departmental Privacy Notice following the
introduction of GDPR please go to the following link

https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/dfi-privacy

or phone the Data Protection
Office on 028 90540540. For further details on confidentiality, the FOIA and
EIR please refer to

www.ico.org.uk

PROHIBITION OF LEFT-HAND
TURN - BELFAST
The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) proposes to make an Order entitled
The Prohibition of Left-Hand Turn (Great Victoria Street, Belfast) Order
(Northern Ireland) 2026.
The Order will prohibit vehicles proceeding in a northerly direction along
Great Victoria Street, Belfast from making a left-hand turn into
Grosvenor Road, Belfast.
Vehicles are excepted from the prohibition in certain circumstances.
Full details are contained in the draft Order which, together with a map
showing the road involved, may be inspected free of charge during office
hours within the period below at DfI TRAM Eastern Division, Network Traffic,
Hydebank House, 4a Hospital Road, Ballydollaghan, Belfast, BT8 8JL, or
viewed online at

www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/consultations

Inspection of the draft Order and map is by appointment only which can be
arranged either by email using the email address below or by telephone on
0300 200 7899 during office hours (Monday to Friday 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.).
Any person may object or make other representations, specifying the
grounds on which they are made, by writing to the Department at TRAM
Eastern Division at the address above, or by emailing

traffic.eastern@infrastructure-ni.gov.uk

within a period of 22 days from the
date of publication of this Notice.
The information you provide in your response to this consultation, excluding
personal information, may be published or disclosed in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) or the Environmental Information
Regulations (EIR). If you want the information that you provide to be treated
as confidential, please tell us why, but be aware that, under the FOIA/EIR, we
cannot guarantee confidentiality. For information regarding the Departmental
Privacy Notice following the introduction of GDPR please go to the following
link

https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/dfi-privacy

or phone the Data
Protection Office on 028 90540540. For further details on confidentiality, the
FOIA and EIR please refer to

www.ico.org.uk

TREE AND HEDGE CUTTING
NOTICE
NOTICE TO LANDOWNERS
Do you own or occupy land adjacent to a public road or footway?
Do you know that you are responsible for lopping any tree or cutting
back any hedge growing on your land which:
endangers or obstructs the passage of vehicles, including high sided
vehicles (lorries and buses), or pedestrians, especially pedestrians with a
visual impairment;
obstructs the view of drivers of vehicles;
obstructs or interferes with the light from any public lamp; or
obstructs the view of traffic signs or otherwise prejudices the safety or
convenience of persons using the road?
Lopping or cutting back should be to such an extent as will remove the
obstruction or remedy the matter. While no specific guidance is given in the
Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993, it is generally accepted that the
minimum clearance should be 5.5m over a road and 2.4m over a footpath.
Owners or occupiers are also responsible for the removal of any tree or
hedge which is dead, damaged, diseased or insecurely rooted and by reason
of its condition is likely to cause danger to persons using the road or footway.
If you are carrying out this work:
quickly clear all hedge and tree cuttings from public roads and footways to
ensure that all users of the road are not inconvenienced or endangered; and
ensure that any such works on a public road or footway are signed and
secured in accordance with the Code of Practice for Safety at Street Works
and Road Works or, in the case of works on a dual carriageway with hard
shoulders, signed and secured in accordance with Chapter 8 of the Traffic
Signs Manual.
If possible, roadside hedge cutting should be undertaken from early
February to the start of March. Hedge cutting outside of this period should
only be undertaken in the interest of public safety. Many minor roads are
bordered by hedges providing safe havens for small mammals and nesting
birds and owners and occupiers should be aware that under the provisions of
Article 4 of the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 it is an offence, with
certain exceptions, to damage or destroy the nest of any wild bird while that
nest is in use or being built, or to disturb any wild bird whilst it is in or near a
nest containing eggs or young. So, avoid the bird nesting season from 1st
March until 31st August and exercise vigilance at all other times outside of
what would be considered the main nesting period. It is also not advisable to
cut during Autumn and early Winter as this removes berries and fruit, an
important source of food for birds and wildlife over Winter and it is advisable
not to cut during periods of hard frost. Care should also be taken not to
damage saplings in hedgerows.
The Department also wishes to remind owners and occupiers that under the
provisions of the Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 the Department may
serve a notice on such an owner or occupier requiring him to remove or trim
hedges or trees causing obstruction and in the event of failure to comply with
the notice the Department may execute such works as are necessary and
may recover the cost from the person on whom the notice was served.
The Department invites the co-operation of owners and occupiers in ensuring
that wayside trees and hedges are not allowed to become an obstruction to
the safe passage of vehicles and pedestrians and that, in so doing, any
necessary remedial work is carried out at the appropriate time of the year.