AQW 5725/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for a timescale for the remaining A1 Junction upgrades between Sprucefield and Hillsborough.
Asked by David Honeyford MLA on 7 February 2024
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 7 February 2024
- Answer due by
- 22 February 2024
- Answered
- 20 February 202413 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Department has a long-term proposal for this section of the A1, which is known as the ‘M1/A1 Link at Sprucefield’ (or Sprucefield Bypass) scheme, and includes the junction at Hillsborough Roundabout.
In the interim period the Department is considering measures to improve safety along the central median of this section of the A1.
Details on the current position for both the long term and interim schemes can be found in the DfI annual report to Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council 2023, published on 21 November 2023. Please see pages 48 and 50 of the report at the following link:
https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/publications/annual-report-lisburn-and-castlereagh-city-council-2023