New and Future Road Schemes - Northern Ireland Roads Site

New or Future Road Schemes

To help you find schemes in your area a indicates Greater Belfast and Lisburn, a for counties Armagh & Down, a for counties Tyrone & Fermanagh and a for counties Londonderry & Antrim. If you know of work taking place on local road schemes, please let me know. This icon indicates pages which have a strip map illustrating the junctions on the new road.

Completed Schemes are listed here.

Currently Under Construction

A6 dualling - M22 to Castledawson Updated 26 Feb

Newtownards Movilla Road to Donaghadee Road and Bangor Road Link Updated 30 Dec

A6 dualling - Dungiven to Londonderry Updated 26 Feb

Larne Distributor (South) .

Ballyclare Western Relief Road Updated 22 Dec

Schemes due to start within the next 12 months or so

A5 dualling Newbuildings - N of Strabane (page to track construction of this stretch - mid 2021) .

A32 Omagh - Enniskillen at Cornamuck (due 2022) Updated 30 Dec

Lisburn: Pond Park Road realignment (North Lisburn Feeder Road) (expected 2021) .

Belfast: Lagan Footbridge (due mid 2021) Updated 30 Dec

A24 Ballynahinch Bypass (early 2022) .

Ballymena: St Patrick's Barracks Link Road (on hold) .

A4 Enniskillen Southern Bypass (due late 2021) .

Other schemes considered to be a 'high priority' by DFI

M2/M3/A12 York Street Interchange, Belfast (due 2023) .

A1 Junctions Phase 2 (due 2023) Updated 1 Feb

A1-A2 Newry Southern Relief Road (A1 to Warrenpoint Road) (due 2023) .

A2 dualling L'Derry, Buncrana Road from Pennyburn to border (2022/23 to 2025/26) .

A5 dualling Londonderry-Aughnacloy (page about overall A5 scheme) .

A5 dualling S of Omagh-Ballygawley (page to track construction of this stretch - expected 2022) .

A29 Cookstown Bypass (no earlier than 2025) .

A505 Sandholes Link Road, Cookstown (unknown timescale)

A32 Omagh - Enniskillen various upgrades (multiple schemes) .

Belfast Rapid Transit (Glider) Phase 2 (unknown timescale) .

Narrow Water Bridge - county Down to county Louth (unknown timescale) .

Schemes considered 'desirable' by DFI

Schemes listed here are regarded as desirable by DFI, and some planning has happened, but little is currently taking place.
This list also incluces schemes that are being planned by third parties, such as private developers.

M1 west-facing sliproads at Black's Road (junction 3)

M1 to A1 link, Sprucefield

M2 Templepatrick (Southbound) Service Area (private developer) .

A2 Sydenham Bypass - widening (no earlier than 2025) .

A2 Sydenham Bypass - new grade-separated junction at Connsbank (unknown timescale)

A2 Ballykelly Bypass (always at least ten years away)

A3 Armagh north and west link (no earlier than 2025) .

A4 Enniskillen Throughpass Improvements .

A5 Strabane to N14/N15 Lifford link road (unknown timescale) .

A28 Armagh East Link (no earlier than 2025) .

A55 Outer Ring at Knock - widening (unknown timescale)

B170 Craigantlet Crossroads Upgrade (unknown timescale) .

Belfast: Queen's Quay road upgrade (unknown timescale) .

Lisburn Southern Relief Road (private developer) (unknown timescale) .

Schemes formally proposed by government

Schemes listed here have appeared as definite plans by DFI, but have not as yet proceeded into the formal legal, design or land acquisition phases. It is unlikely they will happen in the near future.

M2 Sandyknowes (junction 4) to A8(M) direct link

A3 dualling - Portadown to Richill

A4 Fivemiletown Bypass

A26 dualling - Ballymoney to Coleraine

A26 "2+1" upgrades Nutt's Corner to M1 junction 9 (Moira)

Belfast: Streets Ahead Enabling Measures Phase 2 .

City Centre Ring Road South, Belfast .

Newtownabbey: Mayfield Link Road Completion (Mallusk to Upper Hightown Road)

Schemes more vaguely proposed by government

Schemes listed here have been more vaguely mentioned by DFI or in other government reports – for example suggested only as a land protection corridor in the Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan 2015 – but little or no planning is actually taking place.

M1 widening - Black's Road (junction 3) to Sprucefield (junction 7)

M2 Sandyknowes Relief Junction with new access to Mallusk and A8

A2 Greysteel Bypass

A3 Northway junction improvement, Portadown

A3 Armagh southwest link (Killylea Rd to Monaghan Rd)

A4 "2+1" sections, Ballygawley to Enniskillen

A57 M2 to Belfast International Airport Link Road .

Transforming the Inner Ring, Belfast .

Blacks' Road Link: Upper Malone Road, Belfast to M1 junction 3

Carrickfergus: Victoria Road extension

Carrickfergus Spine Road and Sloefield Road extensions

Downpatrick: Irish Street Link (Irish Street to St Patrick's Avenue) .