'I am concerned that we will see collisions, injuries or ultimately deaths unless it's addressed immediately.'
A Stormont department has been accused of "passing the buck" on safety concerns surrounding a major road junction beside Ulster University's flagship new Belfast campus.
Ulster University said a multi-agency working group made proposals for changes to the junction, but formal decisions from the Department for Infrastructure are still "pending". Alliance MLA Nuala McAllister said she has been raising concerns over a lack of "forward planning" on this issue for many years.
"Interim measures aren't enough. It shouldn't be interim measures now - it should have been sorted before. They really need to get a move on." A spokeswoman said: "A dedicated junctions working group has been specifically reviewing the junctions with a focus on safety and traffic management.
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