Department for Infrastructure

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Parking provision changes greenlit

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Roundabout road marking repainting

The Duncreggan Road area. (File picture)

Double yellow lines for Derry's Duncreggan Road

The Department for Infrastructure’s (DFI) new Transport Strategy 2035 sets out the goal of decarbonising transport by reducing private car journeys, switching to zero and low emission fuels and encouraging greater public transport use.

40% of social housing tenants can’t access car but suffer worst traffic impacts

Eighteen end-of-life street lighting columns on the upper deck of the Craigavon Bridge are to be replaced by the Department for Infrastructure.

18 end-of-life street lighting columns to be replaced on Craigavon Bridge

Derry's Peace Bridge.

Peace Bridge to close for upgrade works

Colum Eastwood MP and Councillor Catherine McDaid with school leadership and DfI officials.

Derry MP welcomes engagement on school traffic issues

Aileach Road potholes.

Mark H Durkan welcomes £525,000 resurfacing of the the Aileach Road

Peace Bridge.

Derry council appoints contractor to upgrade Peace Bridge lighting

Flood.

Calls for permanent solution to flooding in Little Diamond and Creggan Street

Front cover of Northern Ireland Road Safety Strategy (NIRSS) to 2030 Annual Statistical Report 2025

Derry/Strabane had lowest rate of serious road traffic collisions

Nails from the Bogside Bonfire.

Bogside bonfire nails create road hazard as councillor issues warning to drivers

It's now 40 years since the Foyle Bridge opened.

Editorial: Derry needs a third road bridge

Plans for three new homes in Derry have been submitted to Derry City and Strabane District Council.

Plans for three new homes on Lowry’s Lane in Derry

Missing signage/ bollards for oncoming traffic at Springtown Road.

Missing road safety signs on Derry Springtown Road prompt MLA concerns

Aileach Road potholes.

Derry Aileach Road potholes to be resurfaced during this financial year
SDLP Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan has welcomed confirmation that sections of the Aileach Road in Ballymagroarty will be resurfaced during this financial year, following sustained representations to the Department for Infrastructure and the Infrastructure Minister.
Jack Tibbetts

O’Donovan Road potholes.

O’Donovan Road to be resurfaced this year after complaints over potholes

Foyle Bridge.

Foyle Bridge inspection to begin as DfI warns of traffic disruption over summer

The entrance to Lidl beside the busy Springtown Road/ Buncrana Road junction.

‘Keep Clear’ road markings planned

Pothole nicknamed 'Culmore Crater.'

Derry potholes including nicknamed ‘Culmore Crater’ scheduled for repair works

Flooding in the Foyle Road area during torrential rain.

Limited evidence flood risk management arrangements value for money: NIAO

Two button roundabouts at a busy junction connecting the Creggan, the Bogside and Derry city centre have received a fresh lick of paint following concerns that they had become difficult to see.

Freshly painted roundabouts will make busy Bogside junction safer: Hutton

SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan.

Durkan: Time to tackle dangerous e-scooter use

A pothole at Phillip Street in the lower Strand Road on Monday, April 13.

£2.5m spent settling claims arising from potholes in Derry/Strabane

Derry City and Strabane District Council will engage with the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) to lower the maximum number of HMOs (House in Multiple Occupation) in Derry City and Strabane streets to ten percent.

Council to engage with DfI to lower HMO threshold to 10% in Derry

A 40 miles per hour speed limit is to be imposed on Derry-bound traffic on a half kilometre section of the A6 for nearly three months to allow for repairs to a damaged safety barrier at Burntollet.

40mph speed limit on half kilometre stretch of A6 for three months

Stock photo. A public engagement event on the proposed new Bellarena greenway will take place on March 11.

Public engagement on new Bellarena-Bishop’s Gate Greenway in North Derry
A consultation on the proposed new Bellarena-Bishop’s Gate Greenway will take place in Magilligan in north County Derry next week.
Kevin Mullan

Derry City riverfront.

Derry residents asked to have their say on £45m Centre Riverfront Plan

People in Derry & Strabane were the most satisfied in the North with public transport, according to a new survey published by the Department for Infrastructure.

Derry folk most satisfied in the North with public transport

John Kelpie has said the Department for Infrastructure is likely to have a projected cost estimate for vital remediation works at Queen’s Quay in Derry by the end of this month.

John Kelpie: DfI likely to have cost estimate for Queen’s Quay this month

Strand Road.

£680k resurfacing scheme to begin on Derry's Strand Road

Potholes. (File picture)

Pothole Struggle - Derry Motoring with Jim Mc Cauley

A new walking and cycle path between Maydown and Campsie is among six signature Active Travel schemes slated for progression by the Department for Infrastructure (DfI).

Maydown-Campsie walking and cycleway among Active Travel schemes to progress

Snow and ice caused major disruption across Derry and the North West on Monday, forcing school closures, creating hazardous travel conditions and shutting cemeteries.

Snow and ice cause major disruption in Derry as schools and services close

A temporary 40 miles per house speed limit takes effect just east of Greysteel on the main Derry to Limavady Road on Monday.

40 miles per hour limit east of Greysteel until end of February

The data showed Birmingham has the second-lowest pass rates in the UK, placing ninth.

Derry driving test pass rate at 51.3 per cent and lower than average

Bay Park in Derry.

Funding decision on lighting for three greenways

Andrew Fleming, President, Londonderry Chamber of Commerce.

Momentum must be matched by delivery

A section of facework from the front of a building broke away from the wall of the building and large number of bricks fell onto the street below.

Derry street still closed after partial collapse of wall at weekend

Creggan Heights

Sections of Fanad Drive and Creggan Heights to be closed for sewer upgrade

Charlie Mullan, pictured at the laneway behind his Marlborough Terrace, home this week.

Derry neighbours want action over rat infestation amid rubble of collapsed wall

Caw roundabout

Caw roundabout traffic upgrade approved with work to get under way in early 2026

Proposals for a new Lidl supermarket in the Crescent Link in Derry’s Waterside have been readvertised.

Public invited to provide feedback on proposed £8m Lidl supermarket in Derry

The Peace Bridge is to close for inspection works.

Derry’s Peace Bridge to close next week for detailed structural inspection

The Diamond

Lengths of the Diamond, Carlisle Rd and Spencer Rd to be authorised for parking

A temporary 40 miles per hour speed limit is to be introduced on another section of the main Derry to Limavady road at Greysteel to facilitate ongoing road works.

40 miles per hour speed limit to facilitate road works on Derry to Limavady road

Mark Durkan

HMOs will get one parking permit under any residents’ schemes

Cars lining the street along Aberfoyle Crescent South adjacent to the Magee College campus.

Durkan says what works for Aberfoyle will not work for Argyle Street

Sheena McCallion

Apex chief Sheena McCallion hails wastewater funding

Pictured at the Infrastructure Minister’s announcement at The Cashel construction site in Derry are (L-R): Liam Hannaway, Board Member, Apex Housing Association; Ciara Ferguson, MLA for Foyle; Patrick McGinnis, Founder, Braidwater Group; Infrastructure Minister, Liz Kimmins MLA; Barry Kerr, Director of Development, Apex Housing Association; Sheena McCallion, Chief Executive, Apex Housing Association; and Ryan Boyle, Chief Operating Officer, Braidwater Group.

£11m from DfI to help facilitate 3,000 new homes in Derry

Glenshane Road

Durkan calls for pedestrian safety improvements along Glenshane Road in Derry

Mansefield Grove in Derry.

Durkan calls for ‘Swiss cheese’ road resurfacing after 164 pothole repairs

The new bus bay being installed at Rossville Street.

New Rossville Street bus stop bay welcomed

Protestors representing the A5 Enough is Enough campaign outside Belfast High Court in April. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye

High Court judge rules A5 in breach of climate legislation

The Clooney Road at Greysteel

Temporary 40 miles per hour speed limit live on A2 at Greysteel until August

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