Traffic is busy on the following routes.

• M1 from J1 Broadway to just after J3 Blacks Road
• Donegall Road from Shaftsbury Square

Belfast - A2 Sydenham By Pass at Dee Street - new signal phasing is now operational - with the A2 citybound right turn into Dee Street having its own dedicated movement.

Right turning traffic is held back on a red signal - it is no longer legal to turn right into Dee Street when there is a gap in the traffic - you have to wait behind the STOP line for a green filter arrow to give you permission to make the turn.

Extra care required while road users get used to this new arrangement.

The A2 Sydenham Bypass will remain open this weekend.

 Overnight city bound closures will recommence from Monday 17 February. 

              • Weeknights: 10:00 pm to 6:00 am, Monday to Thursday

Completion is expected by early March 2025, subject to favourable weather conditions.

Department for infrastructure essential resurfacing work on Kilmakee Roundabout, Templepatrick

The improvement work involves the resurfacing of the Kilmakee Roundabout and its immediate approaches.

Remaining Road Closures Saturday 22^nd February 2025.

To facilitate the safe delivery of the scheme it will be necessary to implement various road closures and weekday lane closures which are planned as follows

• Road closure of A6 Belfast Road – ( Kilmakee roundabout) and immediate approaches including A57 Ballyrobin Road , A6 Antrim Road and A6 Belfast Road to facilitate final surfacing work on the roundabout and A57 will be operational on Sat 22 Feb 2025 02:00 to 21:00

• Road closure of the A6 Belfast Road, as above, to allow final surfacing of the A6 roundabout approach will be operational on 24th Feb 2025 (1 day).

• Lane closures on the roundabout for final works, road markings etc. will be in place 24th Feb 2025 to 25th Feb 2025 (2 days).

Diversion for traffic travelling to Belfast International Airport from Templepatrick and Ballyclare direction – Paradise Walk - Loughanmore road – Greystone Road – Ballycraigy Road – Belfast Road – Belmont Road – Dublin Road – Antrim Road

Diversion for traffic travelling to Belfast International Airport from M2 motorway – Motorway Traffic will be asked to leave M22 junction 1 ( Dunsilly) and continue to the Airport via Ballymena Road – Dublin Road – Antrim Road

Diversion for Traffic Travelling From Belfast International Airport – Antrim Road – Dublin Road – Belmont Road – Ballycraigy Road – Greystone Road – Loughanmore Road- Paradise Walk

Diversion for HGVS – Paradise Walk roundabout – Antrim Road – M2 Northbound junction 5 on slip – M22 junction 1 off slip ( Dunsilly) – Ballymena Road – Dublin Road – Antrim Road and vice versa

Translink will provide temporary bus stops to the Belfast International Airport on Paradise Walk Templepatrick

All weekend closures dates will be weather dependent and the Department will keep the public informed once dates are confirmed



Please ensure to allow additional time for your journey.

There will be an overnight closure of the M1 westbound between J9 Moira and J10 Lough Road.

From 23:00 Thurs 21st Feb - 06:00 Fri 22nd Feb.

The closure is to facilitate patching works.

An alternative route will be in place via;

(A3) Lisburn Road, (A3) Main Street Moira, (A3) Lurgan Road, (A3) Belfast Road, (A3) Avenue Road, (A3) Queen Street, (U1405) Malcolm Road, (A99) Millennium Way, (A3) Edward Street, (B2) Francis Street, (C706) Kiln Road, (A76) Lough Road, and Junction 10 Lurgan.

A1 Southbound Closure

A1 Dual Carriageway Southbound Closure from Cloghogue Southbound Off-slip to boundary with ROI, commencing at 23:00 on Thursday 20 February 2025 until 06:00 on Friday 21 February 2025.

This closure is to facilitate cats eyes and road studs replacement work.

The following diversion will be in place:

A1 Southbound Cloghogue off-slip, A1 Southbound Cloghogue on-slip,

A1 Southbound (lane 1 of 3 lane section), Ellisholding Off-slip, B113 Dublin

Road, R132, N1 Junction 20 Southbound on-slip.

Please ensure to allow additional time for your journey.

A1 Southbound Closure

A1 Dual Carriageway Southbound Closure from Hillsborough Road junction, Dromore to Banbridge Road junction, Dromore, commencing at 23:00 on Monday 24 February 2025 until 06:00 on Tuesday 25 February 2025.

This closure is to facilitate cats eyes and road studs replacement work.

The following diversion will be in place:

(B2) Hillsborough Road, (B2) Princess Street, (B2) Church Street, and (B2) Banbridge Road.

Please ensure to allow additional time for your journey.

A1 Northbound Closure

A1 Dual Carriageway Northbound Closure from Banbridge Road junction, Dromore to Hillsborough Road junction, Dromore, commencing at 23:00 on Tuesday 25 February 2025 until 06:00 on Wednesday 26 February 2025.

This closure is to facilitate cats eyes and road studs replacement work.

The following diversion will be in place:

(B2) Banbridge Road, (B2) Church Street, (B2) Princess Street, and (B2) Hillsborough Road.

Please ensure to allow additional time for your journey.

A1 Northbound Closure

A1 Dual Carriageway Northbound Closure from Boundary with ROI to Ellisholding Northbound On-slip, commencing at 23:00 on Friday 28 February 2025 until 06:00 on Saturday 01 March 2025.

This closure is to facilitate cats eyes and road studs replacement work.

The following diversion will be in place:

N1 Junction 20 Northbound off-slip, L7092, Carrickcarnan Roundabout, R132, B113 Dublin Road, A1 Ellisholding Junction Northbound On-slip.

Please ensure to allow additional time for your journey.

Nelson Street - Lane Closures will be in place daily overnight for essential safety barrier replacement works approximately 50m north of York Link to Gt Georges Street. -

Thur 6^th Feb 23:00hrs – Sat 22^nd Feb 06:00hrs.

Estimated Delay – Up to 5 minutes

Castlereagh - the Church Road will be closed from Monday 06 January 2025 between Marlborough Heights and the Henry Jones Memorial Playing Fields from 9:30 to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday each day for the construction of a 465m of new footway and resurfacing of the road.

Church Road Footway Scheme and carriageway resurfacing is now expected to be completed by the end of February 2025.

When Church Road is closed, a local diversionary route will be in operation. Access to properties within the extents of the works area will be maintained. 

Access to Lough View Integrated Primary School and Henry Jones Playing Fields will be from the Manse Road end of Church Road.

Road users should allow extra time for their journey and follow the diversionary route, which will be clearly signed on approaches to each road closure.

Road users should allow extra time for their journey and follow the diversionary route, which will be clearly signed on approaches to each road closure.

Road improvement scheme for C0305 Hillsborough Old Road, Lisburn.

A £375,000 carriageway and footway resurfacing scheme on C0305 Hillsborough Old Road, Lisburn commenced on Monday 27 January 2025. 

The resurfacing scheme will extend from the junction of Ravernet Road to Altona Road.

To facilitate the scheme, it will be necessary to implement a daily road closure ( Mon to Fri only) on the Hillsborough Old Road, between Ravernet Road and Altona Road, during the hours of 9.30am and 4.30pm from Monday 27 January 2025 until Friday 16 May 2025. Additionally, to facilitate the provision of a pedestrian walkway associated with the resurfacing, a separate lane closure will be operational overnight during the hours of 16:30pm and 09:30am from Monday 27 January 2025 until Friday 04 April 2025.

During periods of closure, a diversion will operate via

• C0305 Ravernet Road, A0001 Hillsborough Road, A0001 Laganbank Road, A0001 Queens Road, A0049 Sloan Street, C0297 Young Street, C0305 Hillsborough Road and vice versa.

The Department has programmed the work operations and traffic management arrangements to minimise inconvenience, however, while steps have been taken to accommodate local access, road users should expect some delays and are advised to allow additional time when travelling in the vicinity of the works and are asked to comply with all temporary traffic restrictions. 

Subject to favourable weather conditions, the works will be substantially complete by Sunday 16 May 2025, however, the Department will keep the public informed of any change.

York Link

Lane Closures will be in place daily overnight, Westlink to Nelson Street

for essential safety barrier replacement works.

Mon 17^th Feb 23:00hrs – Sat 1^st Mar 06:00hrs.

Estimated Delay – Up to 5 minutes

Belfast - Phoenix Energy will be carrying out planned works to their network on the A20 Upper Newtownards Road from Carrowreagh Road (Dundonald) to Hawthornden Way (East Belfast) commencing on Monday 26th August 2024 through to April 2025.

The final phase of works along the Upper Newtownards Road will commence on Monday 6th January at the Stoney Road junction, moving citybound to Hawthornden Way and run for approximately 16 weeks, ending April 2025. Two central lanes will be closed as work takes place, allowing traffic to flow via one lane in a citybound and country bound direction.

For the latest updates on this project please visit https://phoenixenergyni.com/uppernewtownardsroad

A £446,000 carriageway and footway resurfacing scheme on the New Lodge Road, Belfast commenced on Monday 13 January 2025.

The resurfacing scheme, which extends from the junction of Antrim Road to North Queen Street, will deliver significant benefits for residents and road users.

To facilitate the scheme, it will be necessary to implement these works in two separate phases.

Phase 1 – Antrim Road to Lepper Street will require weekday road closures for the duration of the works from Monday 13 January 2025 until Friday 14 February 2025, between the hours of 8.00am and 6.00pm. 

During these times a signed Diversionary route will be in place using the New Lodge Road, North Queen Street, Duncairn Gardens and the Antrim Road.

Phase 2 – Lepper Street to North Queen Street will require weekday road closures for the duration of the works from Monday 17 February 2025 until Friday 16 April 2025, between the hours of 8.00am and 6.00pm. 

Diversions details to be confirmed.

The Department has programmed the work operations and traffic management arrangements to minimise inconvenience however, while steps have been taken to accommodate local access, road users should expect some delays and are advised to allow additional time when travelling in the vicinity of the works and are asked to comply with all temporary traffic restrictions.  

Subject to favourable weather conditions, the works will be substantially complete by Friday 16 April 2025, however the Department will keep the public informed of any change. 

A resurfacing scheme on the A2 Shore Road Strangford is due to commencing Monday 6 January 2025 and runs to 21 March 25.

The resurfacing scheme will involve the asphalt resurfacing of a 1.3 kilometre stretch of the Shore Road between Strangford Village and Kilclief. The scheme will start from the end of a 2023 resurfacing scheme, 1 kilometre south of Strangford village and extend for 1.3 kilometre in the Kilclief/Ardglass direction.

There will be a daily road closure in place times 8am - 5pm

An alternative route will be signed with traffic being diverted via the following route:

• A0025 Castleward Road, A0025 Downpatrick Road, A0002 Shore Road, C0283 Churchtown Road, C0366 Lismore Road, C0283 Crew Road, A0002 Ardglass Road.

Delays are possible, road users are asked to allow extra time for journeys in this area.

To facilitate the safe delivery of the scheme it will be necessary to implement daily lane closures from 9:30 am to 16:30 pm, Monday to Friday, from Monday 13 January to Friday 7 February 2025

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A daytime road closure will be required to facilitate the final resurfacing works, which will commence from 9:30 am to 16:30 pm, Monday to Friday, from Monday 10 February to Friday 21 March 2025.

An alternative route will be signed with traffic being diverted via the following route:-

LGV’s / Cars

• Carrigenagh Rd, Head Road, and Quarter Road.

HGV’s

• Bridge Street, Newry Road, Killowen Road, Shore Road, Kilbroney Road, Rostrevor Road, Castlewellan Road, Hilltown Road, Dublin Road, Newcastle Road, Castlewellan Road, Shimna Road, Bryansford Road, Central Promenade, South Promenade, Ballagh Road, Glasdrumman Road, Kilkeel Road, Annalong Road and Newcastle Road.

The next phase of work will get underway on Monday 6th January adjacent to St. Vincent Street/ Seaview. To carry out the work as safely as possible, city-bound lanes at Seaview will need to be closed. Two-way traffic (one lane in each direction) will be controlled around the working area via temporary traffic lights. The traffic lights will be controlled during peak hours – morning and evening – to maximise traffic progression and will be in operation for approximately three weeks. 

A major £2.4m road safety improvement scheme will commence at The Cutts junction Dunmurry on Monday 14 October.

The scheme will provide significant safety improvements for right turning vehicles and pedestrians by widening of the McKinstry Road to accommodate a revised traffic signal layout at the busy McKinstry Road /Derriaghy Road /The Cutts junction.

In order to complete the work safely it will be necessary to implement lane closures throughout the duration of the scheme.

The number of running lanes will also be reduced to one lane of in each direction as the work progresses, particularly in the Belfast bound direction over the initial weeks of the scheme to allow for the carriageway widening.

Derriaghy Road will be closed from mid November for 20 weeks to allow for carriageway widening, slip road construction and culvert works.

Delays to traffic in the vicinity of the works are inevitable and where possible road users should consider an alternative route while the Department completes the works. 

The works are progressing on programme and on the 6th of January they enter Phase 3 and 4 which involves the widening of the citybound side in order to create a permanent layout of two running lanes in each direction and right turn lanes into Knockbracken Health Care Centre and Knockbraken Road. This also includes construction of a retaining wall, utility diversions, new footpath, and enhanced pedestrian facilities. During this period citybound traffic on the Saintfield Road will be reduced to one lane.

In order to do this safety, it will be necessary to close Knockbraken Road for a 5-month period until the final layout is in operation. We appreciate this in a considerable inconvenience to residents but understand the reasons.

A 30mph speed limit remains on the main Saintfield in the vicinity of the works.

Further to below. All cones have now been lifted on the A24 Saintfield Road and the Knockbracken Road has been fully reopened. This will now be in place for the duration of the Christmas and New Year period.

A developer led junction improvement scheme on the A24 Saintfield Road and Knockbracken Road junction will begin on Tuesday 6th August 2024. 

The scheme is expected to last 60 weeks and involves widening the northbound and southbound A24 Saintfield Road carriageway. This will allow for improvements to the signal-controlled junction at the Old Saintfield Road, as well as the signal-controlled junction at the Knockbracken Road.

Fermanagh - Road users are advised that due to a carriageway subsidence, the Carrowkeel Road between Lisbellaw and Tempo, is currently closed to traffic between the Tattymacall Road and the Lough Eyes Road junctions. Early indications are the road will be closed for some time. Please seek an alternative route for your journey.

Durham Street Closure for essential Public Realm works

To facilitate essential public realm works around the new Belfast Grand Central Station, Durham Street (from Grosvenor Road to Hope Street) closed on Saturday 12 October 2024 for a period of up to 12 months.

Translink is encouraging people to consider using public transport to access the city during this next phase of works as road users can expect some delays.

Clearly signed diversionary routes will be in place for motorists that need to travel to the city and everyone is asked to follow these or to find an alternative route or way to travel. 

B15 Glenshesk Road, Ballycastle (between Glenbank Road and Greenan Road) remains closed due to a landslide / partial road collapse on Wednesday 27 March 24.

The road may be closed for the foreseeable future given the severity of the collapse.

Road users should avoid the area and seek an alternative route for their journey.