BANN BRIDGE CLOSURE: Responsibility for Kilrea Businesses Being Passed Like 'Hand Grenade with Pin Out', Says Holmes

BANN BRIDGE CLOSURE: Responsibility for Kilrea businesses being passed like 'hand grenade with pin out', says Holmes

A Causeway Coast & Glens councillor says responsibility for Kilrea businesses affected by the Bann Bridge closure is being “passed around like a hand grenade with the pin out”.

UUP’s Richard Holmes warns Kilrea businesses are being “passed around like a grenade” over bridge closure

Kilrea Bridge UUP councillor Richard Holmes has expressed concern that responsibility for supporting local businesses affected by the closure of Kilrea Bridge is “being passed around like a grenade” among government departments. In late September, the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) announced the bridge’s closure due to concerns about the structural stability of a retaining wall on the approach to the structure. DfI has since said it is work…