• Extraordinary scenes from the Roads Inquiry into the proposed abandonment of the U1244 road • Retired senior roads engineer Doug Hill challenges the integrity and compliance of the process • Concerns raised around road safety, visibility, drainage, heavy traffic and emergency access • Questions over democratic accountability, procedural fairness and public confidence • Discussion around the erosion of standards, compliance and duty of candour within public institutions • The growing influence of big business, lobbying and political pressure in Northern Ireland • Why Doug Hill’s intervention became the defining moment of the day • Plus: applications officially open for the completely fictional role of DfI / PAC whistleblower An example of some of Doug's accreditations relevant to the roads inquiry Accrediated Lead Assessor with HIS (British Standards Institute) For BS 5750 series I SO 9001 & iSO 14001. Quality Management System & Environmental Management System. International Standard Organisation. As a consultant I mentored organisations implementing these standards. I also carried out external audits on companies for BSI. Actually I have carried out a number of audits for Roads Service headquarters in the one plus million West Link DBFO package 1 project. I was the DNSR. Department Nominee Site Representive. I carrying out many internal Audits for Roads Service A4 dialling 118 million project. I was a consultant to roads service and acted as Project Manger. We developed this Scheme and presented to the 2 week Roads Service Public Inquiry. We were hugely successful and the Independent Inspector except our proposal in in entirety and only made two minor recommendations. Roads Service Divisional Roads Manger Mr Pat Doherty described us as his dream team and he thanked me and complimented me frequently by word and by letter. Another relevant professional training was a 3 or 4 day residential Public Inquiry training course in Dublin which I completed with credits. SAVE OUR SPERRINS ( Social Media) https://linktr.ee/saveoursperrinsing Sign up to the newsletter here #Sperrins #PublicInquiry #RoadSafety #PlanningAppealsCommission #DFI #NorthernIreland #Democracy #Goldmine #Community #Infrastructure

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