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Roy Calls for Early Introduction of Bus Route In Larne West Suburbs

Ulster Unionist Party MLA for East Antrim Roy Beggs Jnr has welcomed completion of the third stage of the roads infrastructure linking Lindara and Walnut Hollow in Larne West, and has said he looks forward to the early introduction of public transport into the area. Mr Beggs commented: “It has been a source of massive frustration for residents living in these private developments in Larne West, but finally the roads and pavements covered by the Roads Bonds for Lindara have been finished, and the surfacing of the main spine road running through Lindara connecting to Blackthorn Hollow and in turn on to Killyglen Road has been completed. My office has been seeking resolution of this issue for a very long time, but it was the personal intervention of the DRD Minister Danny Kennedy which crucially made Roads Service act decisively to draw down the Roads Bonds and finish what was … Continue reading

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Public Transport to Follow Opening of Larne West Road Link

Local Ulster Unionist representatives Roy Beggs Jnr MLA and Larne Mayor Maureen Morrow have viewed the substantial roads works which have been carried in the Lindara development off the Linn road in Larne West. The latest phase will see the main link road between the major housing developments of Walnut Hollow and Lindara finally opened up to through traffic and public transport. Commenting Roy Beggs MLA said: “The removal of the large pile of soil and rubble on the main link road between Lindara and Walnut Hollow is a sign that progress is finally being made in completing the work which was left undone when the developer Eassda went bust. It has been a long process- and there are still a couple of areas which are unresolved- but the utilization of the Roads Bonds by the Roads Service led by DRD Minister Danny Kennedy has really progressed matters over the … Continue reading

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Good News at Last for Lindara Residents after Minister’s Visit

Ulster Unionist Minister for Regional Development Danny Kennedy was in Larne on Wednesday afternoon with officials from the Roads Sservice and NI Water to see for himself the unfinished Lindara development. Lindara has the largest value of outstanding roads bonds (£795,260) activated by the Department for Regional Development, in the whole of Northern Ireland. The Minister was shown around the development by a delegation of Ulster Unionist Party representatives led by Roy Beggs MLA and accompanied by Cllr Maureen Morrow and Ald Roy Beggs Snr. Roy Beggs MLA commented: “The issue of the unfinished groundwork at Lindara has been a pressing issue for local residents even well before the developer Eassda Holdings went into administration in 2009. Last summer (July 2011) the DRD Roads Service initiated Article 11 of the Street Order to start the process of completing the outstanding work on the roads, footpaths and sewers using the 10 … Continue reading

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