Newry, Mourne and Down District Council chairperson Pete Byrne has accused the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) of failing to repair potholes effectively, leaving his district with the most in Northern Ireland.
A council chairperson has criticised the Department for Infrastructure for a road repairs failure which he says is leaving his district "with the most potholes" in Northern Ireland.
READ MORE: Newry, Mourne & Down Council to employ extra planning officers amid major processing delays. "The Southern Division of DfI covers three council areas Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon , Ards and North Down and us . And we have by far the most amount of potholes across all councils in the North.
"I understand that you might be spending more in NMDDC because you are fixing more potholes compared to other areas, but it means our roads are in a worse shape. In 2019, DfI published the Barton Independent Review into funding requirements for structural maintenance of the NI road network. The report highlighted the challenges presented by current funding levels and estimated that DfI needed £140m a year to properly fund the SMFP. The NMDDC chamber was told that DfI's current SMFP budget was £89m.
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