To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline current arrangements for notifying local businesses of footway works, such as those carried out on the Stranmillis Road between 4-7 August.

My Department installed a new lighting scheme on Stranmillis Road, Belfast as part of the ongoing street lighting replacement programme. The planned works were carried out on Stranmillis Road, Belfast between 25 June 2020 and 24 August 2020, and consisted of the replacement of street lighting columns and the underground cable network which had reached the end of its service life.

Temporary traffic management was in place for the duration of the works and from Monday 3 August 2020 to Thursday 6 August 2020, a one way traffic system was required to facilitate the works.

The current arrangement for notifying local businesses and homeowners of future street works is included in the contract documentation and for this scheme consisted of a works notification letter to be issued by the contractor working on behalf of the Department. I am advised that the contractor carried out this letter drop on 23 June 2020 in advance of the commencement of works on 25 June 2020.