Sinn Fein has hit out at SDLP MLA Daniel McCrossan after he claimed the lack of an Executive in Northern Ireland is putting the A5 project at risk.

Sinn Fein MLA accused Mr McCrossan of "scaremongering" over the future of the project.

She said: "His claim that the lack of an Executive is putting the project at risk simply isn’t true, as the very letter he received from the Department of Infrastructure actually confirms and Daniel conveniently ignores. But even if that was the case, he neglects to say which group of citizens he is willing to discriminate against in order to get back into an Executive on the DUP’s terms.

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"He also clearly didn’t check his facts with the department because the money which he claims has been 'cut' from the A5 hasn't been cut at all. It has been re-profiled in line with the state of preparedness on that particular stretch of road. That simply means the money will be spent at a later point, which is quite a common scenario in projects of this scale."

(CD/MH)