AQW 4862/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what power his Department has to address parking on, and obstruction of, cycle lanes.
Asked by Connie Egan MLA on 18 October 2022
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 18 October 2022
- Answer due by
- 2 November 2022
- Answered
- 28 October 202210 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 gives my Department the power to issue Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) when a vehicle is detected parked on a legislated Mandatory Cycle Lane. These are cycle lanes which are part of the carriageway (road) and are identified by a solid white line or by a raised traffic island.
Advisory Cycle Lanes, which are identified by a broken white line, cycle tracks on footways or those separate from the carriageway, are not generally enforceable by a Traffic Attendant unless there are parking restrictions marked on the carriageway, for example yellow lines, as these would also apply to the cycle lane, track or footway.
Vehicles parked causing an obstruction, where no parking restrictions are marked on the carriageway, are a matter for the PSNI.