Over £1m extra spent repairing roads

Between October 2010 and January 2011 the Northern Division was allocated £130,000 in additional funding for structural maintenance and £195,000 extra for resource activities in Londonderry.

In Limavady the figures were £240,000 and £184,000 respectively.

In the Western Division £295,000 extra was spent repairing the roads in Strabane this winter with the extra resource funding there coming to £151,000 over the period.

Roads Minister Conor Murphy provided the details in response to an Assembly Question.

He stated: “My Department’s Roads Service has advised that the additional funding received for roads maintenance was used for both Structural Maintenance and Resource activities and was allocated to its Divisions in stages between October 2010 and late January 2011.

“The additional Structural Maintenance funding has been primarily targeted at resurfacing works.

“The Resource funding has been targeted at meeting the additional costs incurred in delivering Winter Service and routine maintenance activities, as well as dealing with other Divisional pressures.”