The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) is currently developing options to provide a new strategic road link between the A1 Dublin Road dual carriageway and the A2 Warrenpoint Road dual carriageway.

Strategic traffic travelling between the A1 and the A2, including Heavy Goods Vehicles between Belfast/Dublin and Warrenpoint Harbour, is required to pass through Newry city centre. The high volume of traffic leads to significant congestion in the city centre during periods of peak demand, resulting in increased journey times an poor journey time reliability.

The Department of Infrastructure, Transport NI will hold a Public Consultation on Tuesday 14th November and Wednesday 15th November in the Sean Hollywood Arts Centre from 10am to 9pm.

The purpose of this consultation is to inform the local community of the emerging proposals for Newry Southern Relief Road (NSRR) and to seek comments to help inform design development.

Consultation will consist of a variety of avenues including interactive community consultation events, unstaffed exhibtion displays, the DfI website, as well as va email and telephone exchange. Questionnaires will be available at all venues.

The community consultation process offers an opportunity to engage directly with representatives of DfI as well as members of the Project Team.

This is for testing only.