Mobuoy dump a ‘huge problem’ as DfI tries to progress last stretch of A6: O’Dowd
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00:00 The A6, I'll have your head docked on and about, this has been great work done, it makes a huge difference to people travelling from and to my constituency, between there and Belfast and anywhere in between or beyond.
00:15 The final piece of the jigsaw, if you like, from Drummahoe to Caw, it's really how your department and DERA will work together to overcome the issue around the Mabuay dump that has been floated as one of the reasons for delay to this project.
00:37 I'd see it rather than a problem as an opportunity for your departments to work together and jointly to go and bid for the money.
00:46 They'll be looking for the money to do the remediation, you can be looking for the money to complete the road scheme or to look at where you might be able to start that final phase of the work as well, even prior to the remediation of Mabuay.
01:03 It's been a fantastic project but it needs finishing because the situation at Drummahoe currently is just completely mad.
01:10 The A6 phase 1 has been a huge success and a huge benefit to motorists who travel that road on a regular basis.
01:19 Mabuay dump is, as you know, a huge problem in terms of us planning the next phase of the A6.
01:27 We are engaged with DERA around this. DERA are our lead in terms of the legal issues around all these things and in terms of bidding for money etc.
01:36 I'm not sure we're at the stage yet, Mark, where DERA probably best answers as to who's going to be legally responsible for the actual cleaning up of that site.
01:45 That causes us a challenge but I have engaged and will continue to engage with my officials around the A6 and what we can do next to progress that.
01:54 If you looked at a different route, that's several years of work. You'd appreciate that.
02:02 But can we go a certain distance or do whatever we can? I am engaging with our officials around that.