“The department has not been contacted by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council regarding litter on the A1 bypass at this time.'
A Northern Ireland council has failed to take action to clean up a major roadside litter problem despite a pledge to liaise with a Stormont department.
The Beech Hill to Cloughogue dual carriageway phase of the road was completed in 2010 at a cost of over £150m, with tens of thousands of motorists using it every day since. After an investigation by the LDS using photographic images, the local authority came to the conclusion that it had sole responsibility for clearing the litter from the carriageway verges.
A DfI spokesperson said: “The department has not been contacted by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council regarding litter on the A1 bypass at this time.
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