IN LAST week’s Spectator we told you how one of Bangor’s oldest and most iconic buildings, The Royal Hotel and Windsor Bar, has gone on the market for £950,000. This prompted us to ask our Facebook audience what they would like to see become of this prime site, located at Quay Street. The question drew…
Brakes on as Groomsport campaign slashes speed limit
MOTORISTS are going to have to put the brakes on their journeys from Bangor to Donaghadee. That’s because the speed limit is going to be slashed along the A2 road all the way from Bangor to a housing development past Groomsport. Right now traffic coming off Bangor’s Groomsport Road roundabout motors into a national speed…
Royal Hotel goes up for sale
BANGOR seafront’s landmark Royal Hotel and Windsor Bar has gone on the market, just three months after it closed its doors. The historic Quay Street hotel called time just last October, and has been placed on the open market with offers invited in the region of £950,000. Situated in a commanding location over-looking Bangor’s award…
Deathtrap safety drive
A DANGEROUS junction at a one-time notorious accident blackspot on Holywood’s busy throughpass is the subject of a new drive to improve road safety there. There are fears that a vehicle turning right into Marino from the A2’s Belfast bound carriageway could be involved in a serious crash with oncoming traffic. Traffic lights have controlled…
European culture route to recognise St Columbanus
MAYOR of North Down Andrew Muir has joined with mayors and dignitaries from Italy and France to commit to a European culture route based on the travels of Saint Columbanus.
Road Service ready for cold snap
A TOTAL of 63 staff and 29 gritters will be on stand-by every night this winter to ensure 807 miles of main roads are treated in Roads Service’s Eastern Division, which includes North Down.
Drive safe in winter sun
Further to a request from reader and follower Rebecca Black (who survived work experience at the Spectator to go on to her own journalistic career) for some driving advice we have put together this guide to autumn driving.
Year’s delay means park and ride quick fix could be too late
IT COULD take the government a year to put in a ‘quick fix’ to problems with this car park – by which point they might be in the middle of building a multi-storey on the site.
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