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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Beggs welcomes investigation into unfinished developments
Published on Wednesday 7 March 2012 14:38 East Antrim MLA Roy Beggs has encouraged his constituents to write to him or the Regional Development Committee at Stormont with their experiences of unfinished private developments. “In the past the Roads Service has not directed sufficient resources to ensure timely adoption of new roads in new developments,” the UUP Assemblyman said. Mr Beggs indicated constituents in the Prospect area of Carrickfergus had advised him that 16 years after they had moved into new homes, their roads and sewers were still not adopted. “It took me two years of hard lobbying to achieve adoption of the roads and sewers; only then was the risk of sewage flooding comprehensively addressed and full responsibility for maintenance of roads and footpaths passed to the Roads Service,” he added. “Clearly this process is taking too long, hence the need for the review which the Regional Development Committee … Continue reading
New Road Safety Measures at Glenoe
Local Ulster Unionist MLA Roy Beggs Jnr has welcomed the introduction of high friction surfacing at a bad bend on the Ballywillan road in Glenoe. This popular B class road between Larne and Carrickfergus is colloquially known a s the ‘Seven Sisters’ . Contractors working for DRD Roads Service have been applying the rumble safety surface this week. This follows correspondence and a meeting on site last Autumn arranged by the Ulster Unionist Party office and attended by Roads Service and police personnel Roy Beggs MLA said: “The Ballywillan Road or the Seven Sisters as it is commonly known, has had quite a lot of safety measures introduced over recent years: warning signs and chevrons on bend approaches, and the full resurfacing of the road itself. Despite this, there was spate of accidents last summer- 5 in as many weeks where cars left the road, and ended up in a … Continue reading
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Major Interest in Glenoe Broadband Information Event
Local Ulster Unionist MLA Roy Beggs Jnr has expressed his pleasure at the interest shown by the public in an Information meeting he convened in Glenoe about Broadband Internet availability. About 45 members of the community attended in Glenoe Valley Young Farmers’ Hall on Friday night, 2nd March. This was the second such meeting organised by the Ulster Unionist Party in recent weeks, where alternative means of accessing Broadband were explained in the context of the patchy availability of Broadband fixed line services in rural areas. Opening the well-attended community meeting, Roy Beggs MLA explained that he has pursued the issue of lack of reliable broadband availability in rural East Antrim for a number of years. The East Antrim MLA said: “I am very well aware of fixed line broadband black spots between Glenoe, Carrickfergus and Ballynure. Whilst improved Broadband services have been promised by government, many people in this … Continue reading
£800000 road bonds will be cashed to complete Lindara
Published on Monday 5 March 2012 00:00 BUILDERS’ bonds totalling nearly £800,000 are to be cashed in to pay for the installation of utilities at Larne’s Lindara development. East Antrim Assemblyman Roy Beggs Jnr said he was shocked to discover that the local estate has the longest length of unfinished roads and footways in Northern Ireland (2,167 metres) and the highest value of road bonds. The bond is a sum of money which a private developer has to deposit in a financial institution as a form of surety to ensure that the roads, street light and sewers are properly finished. If the developer fails to undertake the work, the Department for Regional Development can draw down the funds to pay for the work, enabling the roads to be formally adopted and maintained in the future. In October, 2006 the Larne Times reported that Lindara residents were angry that infrastructure had … Continue reading
