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  • Open consultation The Footways and Carriageways (Prohibition of Waiting) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2027

    Topics:
    • Roads legislation, 
    • Road users

    Consultation closes 3 December 2026, 5.00 pm

    Summary

    The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) proposes to make an Order entitled The Footways and Carriageways (Prohibition of Waiting) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2027.

    Documents

    • Draft Order Adobe PDF (162 KB)
    • Notice of Intention Adobe PDF (174 KB)

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    Consultation description

    The Order will prohibit motor vehicles from waiting wholly on a footway or shared use footway and from waiting wholly or partly on other specified parts of a road, including specified parts of a carriageway. The Order will revoke and re-enact the prohibitions of the Footways (Prohibition of Waiting) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023. 
    Vehicles are excepted from the prohibitions in certain circumstances.

    Inspecting the proposal
    Full details are contained in the draft Order which may be inspected free of charge during office hours within the period below at-

    DfI Parking Policy Branch
    3rd Floor, James House
    Gasworks Site
    2-4 Cromac Avenue
    Belfast
    BT7 2JA

    Inspection of the draft Order is by appointment only which can be arranged either by email using the email address below or by telephone during office hours (Monday to Friday 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.) on 0300 200 7899.

    Making an objection
    Any person may object or make other representations, specifying the grounds on which they are made, by writing to the Department at the address above or by emailing parkingpolicy@infrastructure-ni.gov.uk within a period of 22 days from the date of publication of this Notice.
    The information you provide in your response to this consultation, excluding personal information, may be published or disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) or the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR). If you want the information that you provide to be treated as confidential, please tell us why but be aware that, under FOIA/EIR, we cannot guarantee confidentiality. For information regarding the Departmental Privacy Notice following the introduction of GDPR, please go to the following link www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/dfi-privacy or phone the Data Protection Office on 028 90540540. For further details on confidentiality, the FOIA and EIR please refer to www.ico.org.uk

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