A council has accused the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) of "playing its cards close to its chest" over a four year delay for Co Antrim road traffic calming measures.
Planning approval for speed ramps on the Gobrana Road, Glenavy had been passed by the local authority since 2019, subject to "legislative procedures".
However, despite a major road resurfacing project in the location early last year, the residents of the area remain unprotected against "high speed" motorists, according to a local rep.
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Killutagh Sinn Féin councillor Gary McCleave said: "Residents on the Gobrana Road have fought long and hard to have these measures put in place.
"We have secured the resurfacing of the road along with high friction surfacing, but we need the speed ramps in place as you enter the residential area and the 30mph zone as motorists continue at high speed through a built up area.
"We had agreement that as part of the Glenavy Environmental Improvement Scheme there would be a speed ramp installed on the Gobrana Road and Belfast Road.
"It has been frustrating trying to get the project for traffic calming in these areas progressed.
"I have been in contact with DfI numerous times who have informed me that now due an unclear objection to the speed ramp on the Belfast Road it will delay the work even further."
A Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council (LCCC) official said: "We will make contact with DfI. At the moment we don't know when the measures will happen. DfI is playing its cards close to its chest and it is very frustrating."
The local democracy service made a request to DfI for clarity on the matter with a response that a decision was drawing close.
A spokesperson said: “The traffic calming on a section of Gobrana Road in Glenavy is proposed as part of an Environment Improvement Scheme being carried out by Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council.
"The legislation for these measures is nearing completion upon which the council will be informed. The programming and carrying out of the works is then a matter for Lisburn and City Council.”
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