Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Wednesday, 22 November 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 November 2006. It was answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Monday, 27 November 2006 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Car Parking (Coleraine)

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects the Department of Regional Development to start work on site to provide multi storey car parking in Coleraine.

Answer: The Department for Social Development issued a development brief in respect of the Abbey Street and Mall car park sites in November 2005. One of the objectives of the development brief was to address the parking shortfall in Coleraine town centre. The Department is currently assessing the development proposals which have been submitted in response to the development brief. It is hoped that the Department will be in a position to appoint a preferred developer or developers for these sites by mid 2007. This would allow construction work to commence on one of them by early 2008.

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