Rock fall scheme resumes – MLA

A FORMER head of Roads Service locally has been credited with ensuring the continuation of measures aimed at preventing rock falls on the Coast Road.

The late Bob McKay, who was regional manager in the North East, took a special interest in the scheme, said Sinn Fein MLA for East Antrim, Oliver McMullan, who revealed that the second phase is to commence soon.

“It is testament to the foresight of the late Bob McKay, who made the case for the funding, that the DRD will be going back to Garron Point in the spring to install more wire netting that will help to prevent the landslides that have caused the closure of the road on many occasions,” said Mr McMullan.

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