That Mid Ulster District Council develops an
intensive lobbying campaign to convince the Department for Infrastructure of
the urgent necessity to construct high capacity bypasses at Dungannon and
Cookstown and of course at Moneymore. In its entirety this scheme would be tiny
compared to works done and scheduled for the A5 & A6. If implemented this
proposal would allow a linkage between the M1 & M2 creating a 100 mile ring
road taking in Belfast and bringingMid Ulster in from the cold. The great danger
is that with the ultimate and imminent completion of the A6 renovations, Mid
Ulster sandwiched between two super roads, faces being bypassed by investment,
industry, tourism etc., etc., unless steps are taken to provide this Sperrins
super highway.
Further that Council requests Officers to undertake research, majoring on
economic, social and environmental hazards and benefits, expanding on work
already done arguing for the Cookstown bypass.