Concern over damaged Derry safety railings

Transport NI have been called on to repair safety railings in Derry which were been damaged over the Christmas period

Sinn Fein Cllr Kevin Campbell said the damaged railings (pictured) on Eastway road leading to Creggan should be fixed “as a matter of priority.”

Cllr Campbell said: "I worked with the DOE a number of years ago to have these safety railings erected as there were a number of near misses with school children crossing the road to get to either St Cecilia's or St John’s Primary and Play School.

“The railings act as a safety buffer for residents living in lower Creggan and people going to the local schools or the Ráth Mór shopping centre.

“I have been in contact Transport NI today to have the railings fixed as a matter of priority.”

Cllr Campbell concluded: “At present they are lying on the footpath causing an obstruction and people with prams have to move out onto the road to get past.”