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Belfast traffic jams ‘doubled journey times’ in Christmas run-up

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A working group involving Department for Infrastructure officials and other public agencies was set up in November in a bid to tackle the problem.

It was provided with briefing papers, which gave daily figures on the congestion spanning several weeks across November and December.

The figures included journey times during the “pm peak” for some of Belfast’s main roads.

On 3 December, the duration for driving northbound on Great Victoria Street was recorded as 35 minutes.

This was more than double the average journey time recorded for the street in November 2023.

A northbound journey on Ormeau Road lasted 54 minutes, whereas the same route in November 2023 averaged 23 minutes.

Travelling westbound on Tates Avenue took 14 minutes – more than three times longer than the previous period.


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