HC Deb 23 January 1990 vol 165 cc633-4W
Mr. Mallon

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many protected routes are maintained by the Department of Environment roads service in each district council area in Northern Ireland.

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Division A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H
Armagh 14 8 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2
Dungannon 18 8 10 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Enniskillen 65 21 57 13 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Newry 21 9 1 1 7 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Newtownards 29 9 9 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Region 147 55 69 24 15 3 6 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 5
Ballymena 37 6 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2
Coleraine 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 1
Larne 38 11 10 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Londonderry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Omagh 56 20 23 3 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1
North Region 136 39 53 12 3 3 3 3 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 3 16 5

Mr. Peter Bottomley

[holding answer 19 January 1990]The Department of the Environment roads service maintains a total of 43 protected routes in Northern Ireland. It should be noted that some of these routes are common to more than one district council area.

District council area Number of protected routes1
1. Antrim 6
2. Ards 6
3. Armagh 4
4. Ballymena 4
5. Ballymoney 3
6. Banbridge 3
7. Belfast 7
8. Carrickfergus 2
9. Castlereagh 5
10. Coleraine 5
11. Cookstown 3
12. Craigavon 6
13. Derry 4
14. Down 5
15. Dungannon 3
16. Fermanagh 3
17. Larne 4
18. Limavady 4
19. Lisburn 8
20. Magherafelt 4
21. Moyle 2
22. Newry and Mourne 6
23. Newtownabbey 5
24. North Down 6
25. Omagh 3
26. Strabane 1
1 A protected route is one on which the creation of new accesses and the intensification of use of existing accesses is curtailed as far as is practical in order to preserve a high level of service for the main road users and in the interests of road safety.