Call for immediate upgrade of Buncrana Road

Roads Minister Danny Kennedy and Transport NI are being called on to upgrade the Buncrana Road in Derry into the “promised” four lanes of traffic rather than wait until the scheduled 2018/2020 timline.

The call comes from local Sinn Fein Cllr Tony Hassan said while plans to make the thoroughfare “a safer place for road users and local residents,” Transport NI should begin an “immediate upgrade.”

Cllr Hassan said as a major arterial route connecting Derry with Donegal the Buncrana Road was not capable of taking the volume of traffic that use it on a daily basis.

He added: “And with the other major developments that have taken place on the Skeoge Road, Culmore Roundabout and the widening of the Madams Bank Road only adds argument for upgrading the Buncrana Road.


“All the problems that face the Buncrana Road at the junctions of the Collon, Woodbrook, and Whitehouse areas and the entrance to shopping area at the Branch Roundabout can all be sorted by the upgrade that should have been in place years ago.”

Cllr Hassan concluded: “As the public representative for the greater Shantallow area I would again call on Transport NI(Road Service) and the Minister Danny Kennedy to complement the Skeoge Link by starting the upgrade of Buncrana Road.”