Belfast Council still hasn't revoked cafe licences despite DfI demands
A stand-off between Belfast City Council and Stormont over two pavement cafes in the city centre will continue after the council again refused to revoke their pavement licences.
Stormont stated: “The Department’s view on the cafe licences for both Voodoo and City Picnic is that they present a danger to vulnerable road users especially pedestrians. This is because they are both placed across a section of Fountain Street that would, ordinarily, be open to two-way traffic. It added: “The Department is concerned that the reversing that the structures require vehicles to undertake could cause a danger to vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians and cyclists, as well as other mechanically propelled road traffic. Additionally, the cafes’ structures block access to a car park that is incorporated into the Norwich Union Building, do not facilitate cyclists and may not address specific issues encountered by disabled drivers.
“The truth is and everybody in the room knows that the idea of a bus coming down there fairly soon is probably what the plan is.” “This lack of accountability is even more stark now that Stormont has once again collapsed, leaving Belfast City Council as the biggest democratically elected body in this region, yet DfI seems to think it can completely ignore the mandate that members have been given. Where is the accountability to the people of Belfast?
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