12-week speed restriction for Derry-bound commuters on A6 Glenshane Road

The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has announced that a temporary 40 miles per hour speed limit will be introduced on a section of the A6 Glenshane Road starting next week to facilitate urgent safety barrier repairs.

The restriction will affect Derry-bound traffic on a half-kilometre stretch of the A6 at Burntollet. The 40mph limit will be in force from Monday, March 23, and is expected to remain in place until Monday, June 15 2026.

The measures follow a road traffic accident last month which left a vehicle safety barrier on the Burntollet bridge severely damaged.

Due to the ongoing hazard, traffic has already been restricted in the area, with no access currently permitted from the Ardmore Road onto the A6 for northbound motorists.

Now the Department for Infrastructure has indicated that a speed limit of 40 miles per hour will be put in place for Derry-bound traffic on the A6 from ‘approximately 500 metres southeast of its junction with Ardmore Road to approximately 150m northwest of its junction with Ardmore road’.

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“The Department for Infrastructure is satisfied that traffic should be restricted due to a hazard on the Burntollet bridge from Monday, March 23, 2026 ending on Monday, June 15, 2026.

"Traffic signs warning that the use of the road is subject to the above temporary speed limit restriction and to indicate the nature and extent of the restriction will be erected on the road in due course,” DfI indicated in a public notice.

The three-month restriction is being implemented under the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997. Motorists are advised to allow extra time for their journeys and to exercise caution when approaching the site.