To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in light of pedestrian numbers, including those travelling between home and nearby schools, whether she will consider the installation of a pelican crossing on the East Circular A2, where both the Ballymaconnell Road South and the Ballymaconnell Road, Bangor, meet.

In order to ensure that requests are considered consistently across all council areas, assessments for the provision of controlled crossing facilities are carried out in accordance with my Department’s Road Safety Engineering policy.

An assessment completed at this location has confirmed there would be merit in providing a controlled crossing, however, other proposed schemes in the Ards and North Down Borough Council area have scored higher. This situation will be kept under review and consideration will be given to the scheme’s inclusion in a future Local Transport and Safety Projects works programme, the extent and scale of which will be dependent upon funding allocated to my Department.