{"id":62204,"date":"2026-10-06T20:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T20:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/a5-road-court-overturns-decision-blocking-carriageway-upgrade\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T20:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T20:32:18","slug":"a5-road-court-overturns-decision-blocking-carriageway-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/a5-road-court-overturns-decision-blocking-carriageway-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"A5 road: Court overturns decision blocking carriageway upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has ordered officials to “get on with the job” of building one of Northern Ireland’s biggest road projects after a court ruling blocking the work was overturned.<\/b><\/p>\n

At the Court of Appeal in Belfast, Lady Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan said a ruling by a judge in 2025<\/a> preventing the upgrade of the A5 was “problematic” and could not stand.<\/p>\n

Proposals to build a new dual carriageway between Londonderry and Aughnacloy in County Tyrone go back almost 20 years but have been beset by funding and legal issues.<\/p>\n

Concerns had also been raised about the environmental impact of building a new road and how much farmland it would affect.<\/p>\n

However campaigners have for years called on the road to be upgraded, citing its safety record with 57 people having died on the A5 over the past 18 years. <\/p>\n

Campaign group Enough is Enough said it was not “a time for celebration” but there was a “sense of pride” over the court decision.<\/p>\n

Families of those killed in crashes on the road have welcomed the court’s decision<\/a>, saying that making the road safer “is the way forward”.<\/p>\n

Kimmins, whose department brought the appeal, said she was “absolutely delighted” with the ruling.<\/p>\n

She said it was now her priority to “start construction as soon as possible”.<\/p>\n

A lawyer for the Alternative A5 Alliance, an umbrella body of landowners, farmers and supporters who oppose the road upgrade, said his clients would “carefully consider today’s judgement”.<\/p>\n

He added that his clients “have always been committed to ensuring the A5 project is the subject of the rigour of the law”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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