The Trunk Road T3 (Western Transport Corridor – Sion Mills (North) to Ballygawley (West)) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2024 No. 178
Roads
The Trunk Road T3 (Western Transport Corridor – Sion Mills (North) to Ballygawley (West)) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
Made 10th October 2024
Coming into operation- 13th November 2024

The Department for Infrastructure makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 14(1) and 68(1), (3) and (5) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 8 to, the Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (the “1993 Order”) and now vested in it.
Formerly the Department for Regional Development; see section 1(6) and (11) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 5 (N.I.)). Pursuant to section 1(9) of that Act, the Department of the Environment is dissolved.
S.I. 1993/3160 (N.I. 15)
See Article 8(1)(b) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 5 to, the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No. 76).
In accordance with Article 14(1) of the 1993 Order, the Department considers it expedient for the purpose of improving the trunk system that the road proposed to be constructed on the route described in Part I of the Schedule and the lengths of proposed new roads described in Parts II and III of the Schedule should be designated as trunk roads.
In accordance with Article 68(4) of the 1993 Order, the following Order provides for the carrying out by the Department of such works as it considers necessary for the provision of alternative facilities for road traffic before—
(a) the junctions described in Part IV of the Schedule are stopped-up to road traffic; and
(b) the roads described in Part V of the Schedule are stopped-up to road traffic.
In accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 8 to the 1993 Order, all notices, drafts, maps and plans relevant to the making of the following Order have been published, served, given and displayed.
992 written representations were received in relation to the consultation period in 2016, 269 written representations were received in relation to the consultation period in 2019 and 1,247 written representations were received in relation to the consultation period in 2022. The Department considered a total of 2,508 representations.
The Department having caused local inquiries to be held into the representations that were made and having considered the reports of the inquiries, now proposes to make an Order with modifications.