Department for Infrastructure digital pothole mapping approach

2 releases from 2 parties, 3 December 2025.

Each party’s website press releases, in order of publication

1. McNulty: Potholes must be fixed, not just mapped

   • SDLP
   • 3 December 2025
   • Criticism
   • Criticises the northern ireland executive, a minister or department

   SDLP Opposition Infrastructure Spokesperson Justin McNulty MLA says the draft Road Maintenance Strategy's digital road surveys do not go far enough, calling for potholes to be fixed rather than just mapped. He says he will question the Infrastructure Minister on how success will be measured and…

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2. Martin – “finding potholes isn’t the problem”

   • DUP
   • 3 December 2025
   • Criticism
   • Criticises the northern ireland executive, a minister or department

   North Down DUP MLA Peter Martin, who chairs the Infrastructure Committee, says the Department for Infrastructure's new digital approach to mapping potholes misses the point. He argues the real problem is repairing defects, not locating them, and calls for faster delivery on the ground.

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• Alliance: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Sinn Féin: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• UUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• TUV: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Green Party: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• PBP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Aontú: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.

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