Randalstown to Castledawson Dualling Scheme

Welcome to the Randalstown to Castledawson dualling scheme website. The road improvement, located on the North Western Corridor which links Belfast to Londonderry, will provide a dual carriageway from the M22 Motorway at Randalstown (238kb) via the Toome Bypass (247kb) and Castledawson Bypass (286kb) to the Castledawson Roundabout. This improvement is part of a programme of Strategic Road Improvements being implemented by Northern Ireland Roads Service to remove bottlenecks on the key road network where lack of capacity is causing serious congestion, and to improve the environment by providing bypasses to some towns.

Planning Status at 18 November 2009: Roads Service has published statements setting out its decision on the Inspector’s reports on the public inquires held in November 2007 to examine the Environmental Statements, Direction Orders and Vesting Orders prepared for the proposed Randalstown to Toome and Toome to Castledawson Dualling Schemes. The Inspector’s Reports together with the Department’s Statements may be inspected by any person, free of charge, at all reasonable times during the period 17 November to 23 December at the following offices of the Department:

• Roads Service—Northern Division, County Hall, Castlerock Road, Coleraine BT51 3HS;
• Roads Service—Northern Division, County Hall, 182 Galgorm Road, Ballymena BT42 1QG;
• Roads Service—Northern Division, Antrim Section Office, Crown Buildings, 20 Castle Street, Antrim BT41 4JE;
• Roads Service—Western Division, County Hall, Drumragh Avenue, Omagh BT79 7AF;
• Roads Service—Western Division, Magherafelt Section Office, 30 Station Road, Magherafelt BT45 5DN;
• Roads Service—Headquarters, Room 2-13, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Belfast BT2 8GB;

And at the offices of:

• Antrim Borough Council, Antrim Civic Centre, 50 Stiles Way, Antrim BT41 2UB; and
• Magherafelt District Council, 50 Ballyronan Road, Magherafelt, BT45 6EN.

View Inquiry Reports and Departmental Statements here:

• Randalstown to Toome: Inspector’s Report on November 2007 Public Inquiry (1082KB)
• Randalstown to Toome: Statement by the Department on Inspector’s Report on November 2007 Public Inquiry (152kb)
• Toome to Castledawson: Inspector’s Report on November 2007 Public Inquiry (2496KB)
• Toome to Castledawson: Statement by the Department on Inspector’s Report on November 2007 Public Inquiry (172kb)

Exhibitions to explain the revised junction proposals associated with the A6 Randalstown to Castledawson dual carriageway will be held in -

Christchurch Parish Hall, 10 Station Road, Castledawson:

• Monday 30 November 2009—5pm to 9pm
• Tuesday 1 December 2009—1pm to 9pm

Toome House, 55 Main Street, Toome:

• Wednesday 2 December 2009—5pm to 9pm
• Thursday 3 December—1pm to 9pm

Staff from Roads Service and their advisors will be available to answer your questions.

Roads Service expect the planning of the revised junction improvements to be complete in late 2010. Availability of finance at that time will determine when the scheme will be built.