The motion was proposed by Larne Lough DUP Councillor Gregg McKeen at a meeting of the council at The Braid, in Ballymena, on Monday evening. Cllr McKeen said: "Considering recent reports of a temporary closure of the DfI Roads depot at Kilwaughter, I would seek that this council recognises the impact this will have on local services within the wider Larne area including general maintenance, emergency response, winter gritting programme, grass cutting, road traffic collision support etc. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NorthernIrelandWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
“I would call on council to immediately write to the DfI minister to reverse the decision to close Kilwaughter depot and to invest in resourcing this vital service for the wider Larne area. “It is very concerning that we bring this motion as yet another service is being lost within the Larne area, an important and vital service that is carried out as this depot covers from Islandmagee to Carnlough.” Cllr McKeen said that services such as grass-cutting and winter gritting will suffer as a result of the “temporary closure” which he indicated is being blamed on a “resourcing issue”.
“You just have to look around the town to see the effects already. At Bank Road/Glynn Road until last year, the footpath there was extensively cut back but now there is no access for prams or wheelchairs.” Advertisement Advertisement However.
