UUP says Newbuidlings workwill improve village safety

The party said residents of the Foyle Crescent area had raised safety concerns over the high volume of traffic using the area.

The Chairman of the UUP Foyle Association, Ronnie McKeegan, said: “I, as Chairman of the local UUP Association along with Councillor Mary Hamilton and Ross Hussey MLA, have been working closely with the local community and the PSNI to lobby the Department of Regional Development (DRD) Roads Service after receiving several complaints from local residents who were concerned about the safety of themselves and their children due to the large volume of vehicles passing through the area on a daily basis.”

Mr McKeegan said that several public meetings had demonstrated a groundswell of support for the traffic calming scheme in the immediate Foyle Crescent area.

“I also participated in a number of well attended public meetings held to demonstrate support for this project,” he said.

Mr Hussey said: “The UUP in Londonderry have campaigned for the speeding problems in Foyle Crescent to be addressed for several years now and I would like to congratulate Minister Danny Kennedy and DRD Roads Service for bringing the scheme forward.”

The West Tyrone Ulster Unionist MLA continued: “I along with my colleagues in the Foyle area will continue toliaise with local residents and monitor the situation over the coming months.”