The decision to clear the outdoor cafe areas has been slammed as a 'retrograde step'
A Belfast Councillor has spoken of her “disappointment” at Stormont’s insistence that Fountain Street and Castle Street should be cleared of pavement cafes and reopened to traffic.
Since the Bank Buildings inferno of August 2018, until the reopening of Primark last month, a section of Castle Street had been cut off to traffic, and Fountain Street has effectively become a cul-de-sac. However now with the removal of the hoarding, Stormont is arguing Castle Street has to full reopen to traffic and Fountain Street has to be cleared for servicing vehicles, or face health and safety issues.
“Department for Infrastructure Roads advises that it would not be considered appropriate to maintain the existing servicing arrangements , in the interests of road safety, which is of paramount importance to the department.” “Of course if there are concerns about pedestrian safety that must be taken seriously but I don’t accept the premise of the department on this- this area has been pedestrianised for all intents and purposes for years and only now have they raised a concern about loading vehicles in the area.
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