Roads Service is the sole road authority in Northern Ireland, responsible for just over 25,000 kilometres of public roads together with about 9,000 kilometres of footways, 5,800 bridges, 257,500 street lights and 370 public car parks. Our main functions are to make sure that:

• measures are taken to implement the Regional Transportation Strategy for Northern Ireland 2002-2012
• the public road network is managed, maintained and developed
• all our activities are carried out in a fair and equitable way

Although we build and maintain roads, there are other activities for which we are responsible. These include:

• street lighting
• traffic signals
• winter service
• Strangford Lough ferry service
• public car parking and parking enforcement
• disabled persons parking badges
• gully emptying
• cutting grass to keep sightlines clear
• minor road improvements
• bridges
• abnormal loads