To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of requests for traffic calming measures in Donaghadee his Department has received in the last three years.

Traffic calming schemes are funded through my Department’s Local Transport Safety Measures (LTSM) budget which covers a range of measures aimed at providing a safer road transport system. Requests are considered in line with current policies and guidance and any works will be subject to prioritisation with all viable proposals competing for limited resource.

My Department prepares priority lists of traffic calming measures and annual planned programmes of work are presented to respective Councils when budgets have been confirmed.

As traffic calming measures covers a wide range of requests, any attempt to provide you with the information requested would require an extensive exercise to determine the number related to Donaghadee for a 3 year period. This may only produce data with a limited degree of exactitude and would very likely involve disproportionate costs.

Concerns regarding driver behaviour such as speeding should be directed to the PSNI using their non-emergency 101 number.

One of the best ways to ensure the safety of our roads and fulfil our long-term goal of eliminating death and serious injury on roads by 2050 is by changing driver behaviour. As road users we all have a personal responsibility to behave in a way that keeps ourselves and others safe. The sad reality is that if we do not change our own attitudes when we are using the roads, our death toll will continue to increase.