AQW 5679/16-21 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) for an update on Moss Road car park, Millisle; (ii) whether a health and safety assessment has been completed; (iii) to detail when Transport NI will repair the wall; (iv) what process Transport NI followed to ensure the cost is reclaimed from the person who caused the damage; and (v) whether the delay is due to that ongoing process.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 19 October 2016
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 19 October 2016
- Answer due by
- 3 November 2016
- Answered
- 3 November 201615 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
AQW 5679/16-21
DATE FOR ANSWER: THURSDAY 3 November 2016
Kellie Armstrong MLA (Strangford)
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) for an update on Moss Road Car Park, Millisle; (ii) whether a health and safety assessment has been completed; (iii) to detail when TransportNI will repair the wall; (iv) what process TransportNI followed to ensure the cost is reclaimed from the person who caused the damage; and (v) whether the delay is due to that ongoing process.
ANSWER
I can advise the Member as follows in response to the various points she has raised.
I assume the member is referring to the perimeter wall between the footway on Moss Road and the car park which was damaged earlier this year as a result of a road traffic accident. The Member will be aware that the car park itself is no longer under the control of my Department’s TransportNI but is the responsibility of Ards & North Down Borough Council.
A health and safety assessment was carried out which determined the need to provide a barrier system to keep pedestrians away from the rear of the footway given the difference in level to the car park. The barrier was then erected by TransportNI.
TransportNI is actively involved in discussions with the insurers of the vehicle responsible for causing the damage and will arrange for the wall to be repaired when details have been finalised.
TransportNI sought and received information from the PSNI who had attended the scene of the incident on the day it occurred, with a view to recovering the cost incurred for repairing the wall from the insurers of the vehicle.
The delay in having the wall repaired has been due to the process outlined above as information provided along the way has been partially inaccurate.
Signed:
CHRIS HAZZARD MLA
Date: