Mallon welcomes completion of £200,000 Traffic Signals Upgrade for Newry City Centre
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Work on the £200,000 upgrade of traffic signals at Trevor Hill / Sugar Island Road/ Kildare Street / Upper Water Street Junction, Newry to aid road safety and traffic progression at this busy city centre junction, has been completed. This work also included upgrading the existing controlled pedestrian crossing on Kildare Street to a Puffin crossing and also resurfacing of the junction.
Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon said:
“This significant investment to upgrade the signals will benefit all who will travel through and across this junction by improving traffic progression and pedestrian safety at this key junction in Newry City Centre.”
“I would like to thank the users of the existing facility and particularly to the local residents for their patience and cooperation while these works were completed.”
The improvement work involved the replacement of the entire traffic signals and traffic detection system along with minor alterations to the layout.
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