AQW 23124/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the ownership of the historic Chapel Lock on the Lagan Navigational Canal to the north of Aghagallon.
Asked by Eóin Tennyson MLA on 21 February 2025
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 21 February 2025
- Answer due by
- 10 March 2025
- Answered
- 3 March 202510 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
My Department owns Chapel Lock, however it was abandoned under the Inland Navigation Act (NI) in 1954. While the towpath along this stretch remains under my Department’s ownership, it has been leased to Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Council for 99 years since 2001.