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Status
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Construction scheme
(proposed) |
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Where
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To extend
Victoria Road north as far as the B90
Upper Road |
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Total
Length
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0.9 km / 0.5 miles |
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Dates
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Proposed in Belfast
Metropolitan Area Plan - Nov 2004
No work carried out as
of June 2010.
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Cost
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Unknown - will be
funded by private developers. |
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Photos
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See below for links |
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See
Also
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General
area map of Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus
Spine Road & Sloefield Road
extensions - proposed schemes
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Carrickfergus is a large town, predominantly
acting as a dormitory town for Belfast. Due to the
gently sloping terrain, the town's suburbs have
developed as a grid with three east-west arteries
and several north-south arteries. One of the
north-south artieries is Victoria Road. However,
Victoria Road only extends half of the way (from
the A2 at the shore to Prince Andrew Way). This
scheme would see Victoria Road extended northwards
to meet the B90 (known locally as the Upper Road)
as shown in red on this map (blue shows existing
parts of the road):
The proposal is contained in the draft Belfast
Metropolitan Area Plan of 2004 (proposal CS 13/02)
and is identified as a developer-led scheme. This
means that Roads Service will not fund the scheme
- it must instead be provided by housing
developers as a condition of planning permission.
About three quarters of the farmland beside the
proposed route is zoned for housing.
Photos
At the time of writing
(June 2010) no work has been carried out on this
scheme. However, you can see two incomplete
'stubs' at each end of the proposed road which
have been provided by developers in anticipation
of its construction:
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