The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has made The Experimental Traffic Control Scheme – Bus Lanes (Southern Arterial Corridors, Belfast), Belfast, for a period of 6 months, which comes into operation on 3rd November 2025.

The scheme will amend the operational times of inbound bus lanes on Ballynahinch Road, Botanic Avenue, Great Victoria Street (Shaftesbury Square to Bruce Street), Shaftesbury Square, Stranmillis Road, Upper Malone Road, Malone Road and Lisburn Road (Tates Avenue to Jubilee Road) from 7.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. Monday to Friday to 7.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive.

The Scheme will also extend the operational times of the bus lanes on Ormeau Road from 7.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. (inbound) and from 3.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. (outbound) Monday to Friday to 7.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. in both directions Monday to Friday inclusive.

The Department will consider in due course whether the provisions of the scheme should continue indefinitely.

Within a period of 6 months from 3rd November 2025 any person may object to the making of a traffic regulation order for the purpose of continuing the provisions of the scheme in force indefinitely.

Any such objection or other representation must be made in writing to the Department at DfI TRAM Eastern Division, 4a Hospital Road, Ballydollaghan, Belfast, BT8 8JL or by emailing Roads.END@infrastructure-ni.gov.uk stating the grounds of objection. Information you provide in your response to this consultation, excluding personal information, may be published or disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) or the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR). If you want the information you provide to be treated as confidential, please tell us why, but be aware that under the FOI/EIR we cannot guarantee confidentiality.

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