Belfast’s new €400m Grand Central Station causing ‘traffic chaos’

The new £340 million (€408 million) Grand Central Station in Belfast is contributing to serious traffic congestion in the city, Stormont’s Infrastructure Minister has said.

John O’Dowd dealt with a number of questions in the Assembly from MLAs who complained about “traffic chaos” in the city.

The Sinn Féin minister said his officials are reviewing traffic problems from the weekend to see if lessons need to be learned.

Mr O’Dowd pointed to the new public transport hub as well as a major resurfacing scheme at the Sydenham Bypass and suggested rural MLAs would wonder what political representatives from the city are complaining about.

Grand Central Station, which officially opened earlier this month, will become the largest integrated transport hub on the island of Ireland, replacing the Europa Bus Centre and the former Great…

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