Staff vacancies of nearly a third are holding up roadworks, Belfast City Council is told.
A lack of roadworkers is slowing up the completion of road improvements across Belfast, with nearly a third of roles vacant, the city's council has been told.
He said the department "continues to prioritise essential front-line services", with initial capital funding of £89m being allocated to structural maintenance, such as "high-priority road resurfacing and drainage works". "We can mitigate to some extent by redeploying staff to safety critical posts, but unfortunately in these circumstances we don’t have staff always available to attend external meetings, as we would have done in the past," Mr McFarlane said.In addition to normal activities, staff in the division are advising on initiatives such the Eastern Transport Plan, the Belfast Rapid Transport plan and sustainable travel.
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