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Written question asked by Lady Hermon (Ulster Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 24 October 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 October 2006. It was answered by David Cairns (Labour) on Monday, 30 October 2006 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Roads Service

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total expenditure by the Roads Service on roads maintenance in Northern Ireland was in each of the last five years, broken down by district council area.
Answer

The Chief Executive of Roads Service (Dr. Malcolm McKibbin) has written to the hon. Lady in response to this question.Letter from Dr. Malcolm McKibbin, dated 30 October 2006:"You recently asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland a Parliamentary Question regarding what the total expenditure by the Roads Service on roads’ maintenance in Northern Ireland was in each of the last five years, broken down by district council area.""I have been asked to reply as these issues fall within my responsibility as Chief Executive of Roads Service.""The table attached at Annex 1 shows the total expenditure incurred by Roads Service on maintenance activities during the period 2001-02 to 2005-06 broken down by district council area.""I hope this information is helpful."

Annex 1: Roads Service maintenance expenditure from 2001-02 to 2005-06
£000
District council 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
Antrim 3,571 3,863 4,976 3,913 4,217
Ballymena 4,350 4,011 5,354 5,020 5,493
Carrickfergus 1,846 1,646 1,536 1,325 2,548
Larne 1,907 2,205 2,432 2,316 2,632
Magherafelt 2,107 2,668 3,449 3,029 3,424
Belfast 13,496 14,517 14,895 15,123 14,914
Castlereagh 2,519 2,183 2,327 2,178 3,251
Newtownabbey 3,011 3,607 3,513 3,676 2,548
Ballymoney 1,986 2,590 2,768 2,442 2,410
Coleraine 3,723 3,740 5,167 3,960 3,327
Limavady 2,331 2,636 3,555 3,156 2,847
Londonderry 5, 745 7,290 6,067 5,655 5,324
Moyle 1,114 1,448 1,808 1,835 2,111
Armagh 4,359 4,542 5,482 5,863 4,756
Banbridge 2,813 3,586 4,008 3,690 4,491
Craigavon 4,050 4,991 5,258 5,380 4,135
Newry and Mourne 5,456 5,256 7,069 7,567 7,376
Ards 3,087 3,216 3,547 3,661 6,181
Down 4,366 4,641 5,089 5,042 3,476
Lisburn 5,141 6,225 7,081 7,369 6,375
North Down 2,695 4,068 4,002 2,409 4,247
Cookstown 2,328 2,600 3,282 3,026 2,605
Dungannon 4,384 4,985 7,038 5,397 5,395
Fermanagh 4,911 5,822 7,461 6,809 6,142
Omagh 5,291 5,779 7,048 6,173 6,004
Strabane 4,044 4,357 4,829 5,312 4,758
Overall total 100,631 112,472 129,041 121,326 120,987

"Maintenance expenditure includes all maintenance costs e.g. structural maintenance (includes resurfacing, reconstruction, surface dressing, patching etc.), routine maintenance (grassing cutting, gully emptying and environmental work), traffic management, street lighting and car park maintenance costs."

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
451 c198-200W; 97632
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Northern Ireland Roads
Link
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