AQW 43496/11-15 Written question to the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the Minister for Regional Development for an update on the A8 upgrade scheme, including an expected date for completion.
Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 10 March 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 10 March 2015
- Answer due by
- 26 March 2015
- Answered
- 25 March 201515 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Construction of the £130 million, 14 km-long A8 dualling scheme is progressing very well and is approximately 95 per cent complete.
To date, all eight of the bridges on the scheme are now substantially complete, with six open to traffic. In addition, the contractor has also laid over 270,000 tonnes of the 300,000 tonnes of bituminous material required for the scheme.
The contract completion date for the opening of the new dual carriageway is the end of May 2015, however, landscaping work will continue until December 2015.