Sunningdale Park North off Ballysillan Road and Ben Madigan Park South at centre of row
Two streets in North Belfast have been the source of another row at City Hall over Irish dual language street signs.
Last December there was bitter disagreement at Belfast City Council, with DUP and TUV Councillors raising objections to council officers and arguing Sunningdale Park North should not be surveyed due to a potential “negative impact on community relations” in the majority Unionist Ballysillan area. Sinn Féin replied Sunningdale Park North was “mixed.”
A council committee report on the survey states: “An initial assessment for Sunningdale Park North was carried out by officers and potential adverse impacts were identified. A draft equality screening was carried out to assess the application for equality and good relations issues. “Two residents from one household who do not support the dual language street sign are concerned at the apparent lack of consultation with residents and that the threshold of 15 percent seems low.
At the meeting Alliance Party Councillor for Balmoral and committee chair, Micky Murray, proposed not erecting new signs at Sunningdale Park North and Ben Madigan Park South and “putting them to the back of the queue again.” The proposal was successful, and means both applications will be looked at again when all the current applications in the system are dealt with.
“There are seven there now we are going to deal with and we will talk about the other two streets of Ben Madigan Park South and Sunningdale Park North being addressed in the future, not right now when it is very divisive.” Councillor Micheal Donnelly said: “Belfast City Council has a 15 percent threshold policy. The threshold has been met in Sunningdale Park North and also Ben Madigan Park South.
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