A six-week review of the Old Warrenpoint Road is to take place.
It follows a meeting of road safety activists with Department of Infrastructure representatives.
Unite the Union's been running a white picket campaign at the accident blackspot in Newry.
The review's to consider the volume of traffic using the road among other key factors.
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