Residents parking around Magee will only be considered after lessons from Holylands appraised

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00:00 Will the Minister consider the rollout of a residence parking scheme in the Rosemount,

00:05 Glen and Strand area of Derry, in and around McGee campus of Ulster University?

00:12 I'm aware of the concerns about parking in residential areas, facilities, colleges and

00:17 universities such as McGee campus of Ulster University. A review of residence parking

00:23 schemes which include lessons learned from the Rugby Road scheme in the facility of Queen's

00:27 University Belfast has been completed. The review will be used to establish the policy for such

00:32 schemes going forward. The reports will be published when I've had the opportunity to

00:36 fully consider the findings of the review. Mark Durgan. I thank the Minister for his answer.

00:44 I'd understood that no scheme in Derry would be progressed until the one in the bog site had been

00:51 in place. Parking in this area continues to be a problem. In fact, it becomes more of a problem.

00:56 Does the Minister agree that it's unwise and unfair to delay progress on any and all

01:04 residence parking schemes because of difficulties progressing the particular one in the bog site?

01:10 Minister, that wouldn't be my view of the situation. I'm happy to be corrected,

01:17 but I'm not even later on by officials, wherever it may be. My position in relation to

01:23 residence parking schemes is that we have to move forward with best practice.

01:30 On the face of it, they seem like a very good idea. In many instances, they will be a very good

01:36 idea. There are costs associated with them, both for my department and possibly for the residents.

01:43 Even in terms of how you lay out the scheme, how many cars are allowed to park for one house,

01:48 etc. It's not as simple a proposal as it sounds on the outset, but there are

01:53 lessons to be learned in this review. I commit to the Member that I will respond in due course to