AQW 8947/08 Written question to the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the Minister for Regional Development (i) how many miles of cycle lanes there are (a) in total; and (b) by constituency; and (ii) how many additional miles of cycle lanes have been added in each of the last three financial years (a) in total; and (b) by constituency.
Asked by Naomi Long MLA on 4 July 2008
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 4 July 2008
- Answer due by
- 18 July 2008
- Answered
- 18 July 200814 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
With regard to AQW 8947/08, my Department's Roads Service does not maintain details of cycle lanes on a parliamentary constituency basis. However, the table below provides details, where available, of the total miles of cycle lanes in each Council area, where cycle lanes are in operation, and the additional miles of cycle lanes added in each of the last three financial years.
| Council | Total Cycle Lanes (miles) | Miles of cycle lanes provided in | ||
| 2005/06 | 2006/07 | 2007/08 | ||
| Belfast | 46.53 | 2.99 | 1.43 | 1.80 |
| Carrickfergus | 1.19 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 |
| Castlereagh | 12.67 | 2.32 | 0.25 | 3.86 |
| Lisburn | 21.64 | 0.31 | 1.73 | 2.21 |
| Newtownabbey | 12.00 | 0.62 | 0.88 | 0.24 |
| North Down | 11.71 | 1.09 | 0 | 0 |
| Antrim | 8.58 | 2.17 | 0 | 1.27 |
| Ballymena | 5.10 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Coleraine | 17.31 | 0.24 | 0.5 | 1.03 |
| Limavady | 6.90 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 |
| Derry | 18.00 | 1.93 | 1.20 | 2.20 |
| Larne | 1.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ballymoney | 1.03 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Craigavon | Not Available | 0.63 | 0 | 0.07 |
| Down | Not Available | 0.18 | 0 | 0.31 |
| Newry & Mourne | Not Available | 5.46 | 1.49 | 0 |
| Ards | Not Available | 0 | 1.05 | 0.36 |
| Banbridge | Not Available | 0 | 0.42 | 0 |
| Armagh | Not Available | 0 | 0 | 0.12 |
| TOTALS | 163.90 | 18.62 | 8.95 | 14.37 |
In relation to AQW 8948/08, Roads Service does not maintain details of bus lanes on a parliamentary constituency basis. However, the table below provides details of the total miles of bus lanes in each Council area, where bus lanes are in operation, and the additional miles of bus lanes added in each of the last three financial years.
| Council | Total Bus Lanes (Miles) | Miles of Bus lanes provided in | ||
| 2005/06 | 2006/07 | 2007/08 | ||
| Belfast | 14.50 | 2.40 | 0 | 0.10 |
| Carrickfergus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Castlereagh | 1.40 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 |
| Lisburn | 4.10 | 0 | 2.10 | 0.20 |
| Newtownabbey | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 1.40 |
| Antrim | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ballymena | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 22.92 | 2.70 | 2.10 | 1.70 |