Issue 208 - BT22 • BT23
Road improvement scheme for A20 Rowreagh Road. A carriageway resurfacing scheme on A20 Rowreagh Road, Portaferry is underway. The resurfacing scheme will involve the asphalt resurfacing of a 1.5-kilometre stretch of the Rowreagh Road between the Lisbane Road junction and the Loughdoo Road junction. This work will greatly improve the strength and surface quality of this section of the road network to the benefit of local residents, businesses and those travelling between Kircubbin and Portaferry and is expected to be completed by Friday 29 September 2023. To facilitate the safe delivery of the scheme it will be necessary to implement a daily road closure between the hours of 9.30 am and 4.30 pm, from Monday 4 September 2023 through to Friday 29 September 2023. The road will be open to traffic overnight and at the weekends. During these times there
(L-R) Mark Consiglia NI Water, Kellie Armstrong MLA and Councillor Patricia Morgan.
Ballywalter Wastewater Treatment Works Tour NI Water was delighted to recently welcome Kellie Armstrong MLA and Councillor Patricia Morgan to the recently completed Ards North Wastewater Treatment Works off the Ganaway Road in Ballywalter Mark Consiglia, Wastewater Assets Area Manager – East, led the tour of the plant and gave an overview of the wider £18 million wastewater project, which will help improve the quality of bathing waters along part of the Ards Peninsula. The project, which got underway in May 2021, included the
construction of new wastewater pumping stations and pipelines to rationalise and upgrade the wastewater infrastructure in the Carrowdore, Ballywhiskin and Ballywalter catchments. The new treatment facility has been designed to treat all wastewater flows from the villages
of Carrowdore, Ballywhiskin and Ballywalter - as well as local caravan parks - to strict environmental standards before discharging the treated effluent out to sea via a new long sea outfall pipe, constructed off the coast at Ballyferris. This major multimillion-pound project demonstrates NI Water’s
commitment to ensuring that our wastewater network and treatment facilities are of worldclass ability. The investment will help deliver significant environmental improvements, including cleaner beaches and bathing waters and will support long-term economic growth in local development.
will be a signed diversionary route via Rubane, Cloughey, Portaferry and vice versa. Local access for residents and emergency services will be maintained, however some minor delays may be experienced. The Department has programmed the work operations and traffic management arrangements to minimise inconvenience, however, road users should expect some delays and are advised to allow additional time when travelling in the vicinity of the works and are asked to comply with all temporary traffic restrictions. Subject to favourable weather conditions all work will be completed by 29 September 2023, however, the Department will keep the public informed of any change. For more information about this and other improvement schemes visit: www.TrafficwatchNI.com