'On the development of Belfast Grand Central station, we are advising on the fine design and the temporary traffic management, especially in relation to the current closure of Durham Street'
The Stormont Roads Division has given a frank confessional at Belfast City Hall explaining that staff vacancies of nearly a third are slowing down its work on roads across the city.
“The department continues to prioritise essential front line services. The initial capital funding of £89 million has been allocated primarily to structural maintenance, and that will help to deliver the high priority road resurfacing and drainage works.” Mr McFarlane went on: “The Division is continuing to face significant staffing pressures, which are impacting on our ability to deliver all elements of our work. In an effort to maximise our effectiveness, I would strongly encourage councillors to report road defects using the DfI online reporting facility provided by NI Direct. My operational teams are of course available to assist with emergency and public safety related issues.
“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.”
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