Traffic and Travel

The William Street area in Lurgan

Traffic & Travel: A road has been closed due to an unstable building

Roadworks

£596,000 carriageway resurfacing scheme on Purdysburn Road starts March 18

Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins visited Ballynahinch to announce the long-delayed bypass is moving to the business case stage

Ballynahinch bypass moves towards green light - but won't be ready until 2030

Saint Patrick's Day 2025

This is what you need to know about traffic & travel on March 17

Trains have been running at Grand Central since October; general view of Grand Central Station, taken from Translink website (2024)

Translink asked to justify breach of planning permission for Grand Central

Hillhead road, Castledawson

Caitlin-Rose McMullan: Heartbreak after 'very popular pupil' is killed near home

DUP MLA Stephen Dunne says he wants to see more urgency in the repairs to Cairn Wood.

Cairn Wood closure: Belfast road to open at rush hour, confirm bosses

NIAS

Teenager dies following single vehicle road traffic collision near Dungannon

Dublin Road, Kilcoo - Google maps

Woman taken to hospital after three vehicle collision on Co Down road

Speeding

Northern Ireland drivers stopped yesterday at speeds of 101 mph and 91 mph

Road closed

Road closed this evening for scene testing after 16-year-old boy died

Damage to PSNI car

Appeal to help find driver of blue BMW who made off after ramming PSNI vehicle

Road closed

Two car collision which closed Dungiven Road now cleared and road reopened

Ballymoney Street

Two charged after altercation in the Ballymoney Street area of Ballymena

PSNI car chase

Hammer and other items thrown from Golf R during high speed pursuit

Craigantlet Road, which runs past Cairn Wood's car park and links Belfast, Holywood, Newtownards and Bangor, is to close for a week to facilitate the repairs. Photo: Google Streetview

Cairn Wood: Stormont keeps council in dark on road closure for storm repair

A local council is in the dark over the closure of a busy route to Belfast that’s to shut in a fortnight to to fix a beauty spot wood’s storm damage.

Iain Gray

In 2021 and 2022, around £1m was spent revamping trails through Cairn Wood. Photo: Visit Belfast

Major Belfast route to shut for Cairn Wood storm damage repair

Roadworks

Northern Ireland roadworks: Broken down vehicles and diverted traffic

Missing Maria Molloy

Appeal from PSNI across social media pages for missing Maria Molloy

NIAS

Funeral details released for pensioner Isobel Murphy killed walking in Comber

The Strand Road will be closed for around four hours into Thursday morning from its junctions with Rock Road and Duncreggan Road. (File picture)

Officers from PSNI Collision Investigation Unit to return to scene of fatal RTC

Heavy traffic

Motorist delays possible on Friday with programmed work from Ormeau Bridge

Plans to extend the Glider bus service to the north and south of Belfast are being scaled back because they are “not economically viable”, Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has told the Assembly.

Plans to extend Glider bus services in Belfast are scaled back

Speeding image

Inexperienced R driver caught at 107mph on M1 yesterday in very wet conditions

Stena Connecta

Stena Line's second new ship Stena Connecta due to serve in Belfast

Traffic diversion

Road users advised that Ormeau Road incident now cleared but traffic heavy

Bridge Street, Ballymena - Google maps.jpg

Appeal for witnesses after road traffic collision involving a pedestrian

Police have launched an appeal in relation to a hit and run road traffic collision involving a pedestrian that happened in the Bridge Street area of Ballymena yesterday, Monday 24th February 2025, between 09.30am and 09.45am.

Gemma Murray

Stopped in traffic

Month long road closures to operate during improvement scheme for Belfast route

University Street

Did you hear verbal altercation between motorbike rider and Renault Clio driver?

Motorway lane closed

M1 lanes reopened beyond the Moira junction after incident cleared

The Air Ambulance attended the scene

Sympathy expressed to family of woman who was killed in Comber traffic collision

Weather warning

Yellow weather warning for NI - strong winds forecast - risk of disruption

Emergency services currently at the scene of a serious one vehicle road traffic collision

Emergency services currently at the scene of a serious one vehicle RTC

A woman’s umbrella is blown inside-out by the wind in Belfast city centre today. Picture: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press.

Stormy weekend ahead... six days this month without sun

Two women have died in separate road traffic collisions (File image)

A second woman has died following different road traffic collisions yesterday

The female driver of the Seat died at the scene.

A woman has died after a two vehicle collision outside Coleraine

Strong winds and fallen trees are causing disruption for travellers

Weather warning extended - roads closed - strong winds sweep across NI

Road closed

Northern Ireland traffic: Coleraine road closed after serious collision

Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins joins Ards and North Down Mayor Cllr Alastair Cathcart as construction work on the Newtownards to Bangor Greenway gets under way.

The £5.6m Bangor greenway that stops short, forcing people onto dual carriageway

Businesses on Belfast's Sandy Row have been suffering since the nearby Boyne Bridge was closed off. Picture by Jonathan Porter/Press Eye

Even more months of disruption for Sandy Row as huge street overhaul on cards

Road closed following RTC

Traffic & Travel: Lisburn road closed following RTC - alternative route advised

Storm Eowyn caused widespread damage across Northern Ireland in January

Weather: Met Office issue yellow weather warning for parts of Northern Ireland

A busy hospital ward

Appeal for witnesses to single vehicle collision where four people injured

Both lanes of the A1 southbound carriageway are currently closed between Hillsborough and Dromore following a two vehicle road traffic collision. (Photo: Google Maps)

Both lanes of A1 southbound carriageway currently closed due to collision

The A2 Sydenham Bypass has repeatedly shut as part of a major £3.8m project that began last year.

DfI: Normal for Sydenham bypass to shut while workmen aren't there

scrambler

Teenager charged with dangerous driving involving a scrambler

A car flipped onto its roof outside Lisburn this morning, police said.

PSNI report car flipped onto roof near Lisburn

A 1934 photo of the Saltwater Bridge in south Belfast which archeologists have confirmed remains some 2m under the road on Sandy Row. Photo: The Archaeological evaluation at Belfast Transport Hub on behalf of Translink by the Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.

Authorities accused over plans for Boyne Bridge materials

The city-bound side of the Sydenham Bypass between the Tillysburn junction and the start of the M3 will be closed this weekend from 4am Saturday to 6am Monday as resurfacing work continues

Resurfacing work on Sydenham bypass to restart with road closed in one direction

Sydenham bypass closed

Update: Major Belfast route closed with diversions in place now reopened

February weather

Mercury to fall below freezing tonight after dipping to -5° last night

Road closed

Road collision on the Comber Road, Newtownards now cleared

Over the legal limit

Driver breathalysed in Northern Ireland was four times over the legal limit

Northern Ireland's nightlife is said to be worth more than £3bn.

Call for £600k Stormont cash to fund late night Belfast buses and trains

The Boyne Bridge in Belfast is being demolished as part of the redevelopment of the area for the new Belfast Grand Central Station. Picture By: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press.

Boyne Bridge: Here are 15 images showing the final stages of its demolition

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