Who is responsible for the peace walls?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nAs the above Belfast Telegraph article states, the Department of Justice own 51 and the Housing Executive own 20. The rest are owned privately or\u00a0by various public agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FactCheckNI determined that in the Shankill and Falls areas, the walls are owned by the Department of Justice. The department added: \u201cThe Department of Justice is responsible for ensuring that interface gates are opened and closed at five locations around the general Falls and Shankill areas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Department of Justice\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Department of Justice employs a contractor to open and close the gates at four locations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
North Howard Street: Vehicular and pedestrian gates open Monday to Saturday between 0630 hrs and 1830 hrs; the gates are closed on Sundays<\/li> Northumberland Street: Vehicular and pedestrian gates open Monday to Saturday between 0630 hrs and 1830 hrs, and on Sunday between 1000 hrs and 1500 hrs<\/li> Townsend Street: Vehicular and pedestrian gates open on Mondays to Thursdays between 0700 hrs and 1730 hrs, and on Fridays between 0700 hrs to 1800 hrs; the gates are closed on Saturday and Sunday<\/li> Workman Avenue: Pedestrian gate open daily between 0700 hrs and 2100 hrs<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nAt the first three locations, a formal process is in development in order to consider requests to extensions to the opening times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police Service of Northern Ireland\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe PSNI are responsible for the opening and closing of one gate in the Shankill and Walls area. At Lanark Way, vehicular and pedestrian gates open daily between 0700 hrs and 2230 hrs. The PSNI close and open these gates remotely, via an automated mechanism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Image:\u00a0Belfast “Peace Line” along Cupar Way between Falls and Shankill Road Areas by Suzanne MISCHYSHYN used by license CC BY-SA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFactCheckNI is Northern Ireland\u2019s first and only dedicated independent fact-checking service and a verified signatory<\/a> to the International Fact-Checking Network’s Code of Principles<\/a>. You can learn more about about FactCheckNI<\/a>, our personnel<\/a>, what our article verdicts<\/a> mean, and how to submit a claim<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One gate in the Shankill and Falls road is closed at 18:00, at Townsend Street. Other gates in this area close at other times (15:00, 18:30, 21:00, 22:30). The Department of Justice is responsible for the gates at four locations, and the PSNI for a fifth one. FactCheckNI was recently contacted by a curious tourist,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[277,94,42],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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