Sinn Féin and the DUP have blocked a Green Party plan for Belfast Council to pedestrianise streets in the city.
At the full meeting of the council at City Hall this week, the two largest parties opposed a motion by the Green Party’s NI leader Mal O’Hara for Belfast City Counci l to come together to demand a devolution of local transport powers away from Stormont. Outside of Northern Ireland, councils throughout the UK, the Republic of Ireland and across Europe have local powers over transport and related infrastructure.
The Green Party NI leader in particular highlighted the regenerative powers of pedestrianisation, singling out Union Street in the city centre as a success story during the meeting at City Hall.
