AQW 51205/11-16 Written question to the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the Minister for Regional Development to outline the logic of the road numbering system in Northern Ireland.
Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 20 November 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 20 November 2015
- Answer due by
- 7 December 2015
- Answered
- 7 December 201517 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Road classification dates back pre 1973 and consequently it has not been possible to locate any historic record of how the classification system was originally determined. Its use today is limited to route identification, and has no relevance to current funding allocations. Any new road outside a motorway would be classified on the basis of the comparable route classification in the area.