Farmers launch legal bid to halt road works
John Dunbar, chairman of the Alternative A5 Alliance - which represents up to 400 farmers, on the main Ballygawley/Omagh road. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date Tuesday September 11, 2012. Farmers have launched a legal bid to block work starting on Northern Ireland's largest road scheme, it was revealed today. See PA story ULSTER Roads. Photo credit should read: Paul Faith/PA Wire
FARMERS in Tyrone have launched a legal bid to block work starting on Northern Ireland’s largest road scheme.
They are seeking a High Court judicial review challenging Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy’s decision to give the go-ahead for building stretches of dual carriageway on the A5 between Newbuildings, outside Derry, and Ballygawley.
The action could delay the start of construction work, which was due to begin next month.
The first of the vesting orders to begin the process of compulsory acquisition of 1,000 acres of land from some of the farmers affected by the plans have just been issued.
Mr Kennedy signalled the go-ahead in July after a public inquiry which attracted more than 2,000 objections.
But the farmers have refused to give up their fight to stop the work and hired a London-based barrister to represent their case at the High Court in Belfast. No date has been set for the hearing.
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