AQW 38429/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) whether her Department has an up-to-date register of salt and grit bin locations; and (ii) how often her Department updates this register.
Asked by Michelle Guy MLA on 16 January 2026
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 16 January 2026
- Answer due by
- 2 February 2026
- Answered
- 28 January 202612 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
I can confirm that my Department keeps an up-to-date register of salt and grit bin locations which is updated when salt bins are added to the network through application and successful assessment or when removed by request or through non usage.
The most recent totals are shown in the table below:
| Salt Bin Location | Count |
| Eastern Division | |
| Belfast North | 373 |
| Belfast South | 204 |
| Lisburn and Castlereagh | 416 |
| Eastern Total | 993 |
| Northern Division | |
| Antrim and Newtownabbey | 389 |
| Causeway Coast and Glens East | 167 |
| Causeway Coast and Glens West | 522 |
| Mid and East Antrim | 400 |
| Northern Total | 1478 |
| Southern Division | |
| Ards and North Down | 425 |
| Armagh Banbridge and Craigavon East | 477 |
| Armagh Banbridge and Craigavon West | 326 |
| Newry Mourne and Down West | 384 |
| Newry Mourne and Down East | 405 |
| Southern Total | 2017 |
| Western Division | |
| Fermanagh and Omagh East | 219 |
| Fermanagh and Omagh West | 222 |
| Londonderry and Strabane | 424 |
| Mid Ulster North | 250 |
| Mid Ulster South | 260 |
| Western Total | 1375 |
| Departmental Total | 5863 |