'˜Extraordinary' road show

By The Newsroom
Published 10th Dec 2016, 13:50 BST
Updated 14th Dec 2016, 14:17 BST
Chief guests at the official opening of Ballymoney Road Safety Committee's 50 year anniversary exhibition in the Town Hall. Included are the Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Council, Alderman Maura Hickey, North Antrim MLA, Mervyn Storey, Inspector Rosie Leech, Road Policy Development PSNI, the Lord Lieutenant of County Antrim, Mrs. Joan Christie, chair of Ballymoney RSC, Tom McKeown, founding and current committee members of the committee.Chief guests at the official opening of Ballymoney Road Safety Committee's 50 year anniversary exhibition in the Town Hall. Included are the Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Council, Alderman Maura Hickey, North Antrim MLA, Mervyn Storey, Inspector Rosie Leech, Road Policy Development PSNI, the Lord Lieutenant of County Antrim, Mrs. Joan Christie, chair of Ballymoney RSC, Tom McKeown, founding and current committee members of the committee.
Chief guests at the official opening of Ballymoney Road Safety Committee's 50 year anniversary exhibition in the Town Hall. Included are the Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Council, Alderman Maura Hickey, North Antrim MLA, Mervyn Storey, Inspector Rosie Leech, Road Policy Development PSNI, the Lord Lieutenant of County Antrim, Mrs. Joan Christie, chair of Ballymoney RSC, Tom McKeown, founding and current committee members of the committee.
The Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Council has described the work of Ballymoney Road Safety Committee as '˜extraordinary'.

Speaking at the launch of an exhibition in the Town Hall last Monday to mark 50 years since the formation of the committee, Alderman Maura Hickey, praised the campaigning efforts of a group whose achievements she said were significant. “This is an amazing exhibition and what we see here today has profiled the work undertaken by you in the last 50 years with very little funding,” the Mayor said. “Ballymoney Road Safety committee has helped make the roads safer for all and I wish you every success in the future.”

Another speaker, North Antrim MLA Mervyn Storey, himself a schoolboy member, said there was a sense of irony about the day in light of the tragedy that claimed the life of a young man several hours earlier following a collision near Londonderry.

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Quoting figures from the formation of the committee in 1966 Mr Storey said there had been 248 deaths. Last year 74 people were killed and 79 people lost their lives in 2014. And while the statistics showed how far things had progressed there was still much to do, he felt.

The Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Council, Alderman Maura Hickey, with local historian Peter Thompson at the 50-year anniversary exhibition in Ballymoney Town Hall.The Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Council, Alderman Maura Hickey, with local historian Peter Thompson at the 50-year anniversary exhibition in Ballymoney Town Hall.
The Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Council, Alderman Maura Hickey, with local historian Peter Thompson at the 50-year anniversary exhibition in Ballymoney Town Hall.

“This exhibition is an example and a reminder of the important issues the committee has addressed and campaigned for down the years and that’s due to the hard work of many,” Mr Storey said.

The DUP representative paid tribute to the late Mrs Molly Holmes, a stalwart of the committee, saying she was an institution in the town and her legacy and her memory would live on.

Inspector Rosie Leech, Road Policy Development PSNI, said when she looked around the room at those present she felt humbled.

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