Allister hails 'Welcome to Northern Ireland' signs on A1 from Dublin
08 February 2013
Statement from TUV Leader Jim Allister:-
"For years I have been calling for the erection of "Welcome to Northern Ireland" signs on all main roads into Northern Ireland.
"I am therefore pleased to have received a positive reply from the DRD Minister, Danny Kennedy, announcing that, at last, such a sign is planned for the A1, the main road from Dublin. It is only sensible and right that passage from one jurisdiction to another is physically marked with signage which welcomes the visitor to Northern Ireland.
"Some time ago Sinn Fein threw some juvenile tantrums over such signs elsewhere, but I'm glad Mr Kennedy is pushing ahead with such essential signage on the main Dublin to Belfast road."
The text of Mr Allister's Assembly Question and the Answer is as follows:-
Question:
To ask the Minister for Regional Development to detail when a 'Welcome to Northern Ireland' sign will be erected at the border on the M1 from Dublin.
Answer:
The proposed ‘Welcome to Northern Ireland’ Sign will be erected on the A1 dual carriageway (Northbound) at the land frontier with the Republic of Ireland, during late February / early March 2013.
The main purpose of the sign is to advise drivers using this road that the national speed limit is in miles per hour and it will include the message ‘Welcome to Northern Ireland’.
