In September 2017, the Northern Ireland Department of Justice published its Interface Programme, established to deliver the commitment made by the Northern Ireland Executive to remove all Interface structures by 2023 under the Together: Building a United Community Strategy.[18][19] By the end of 2023, more than 100 barriers still remained, but none had gone up since 2008. Surveyed in 2022, 83% stated they wanted the peace walls to come down.[20]
In September 2019, a series of events were held in Belfast to mark the anniversary of 50 years of peace lines in the city. This included an international conference alongside other events to discuss the past and possible future of the peace lines.[21]
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↑"Department of Justice Interface Programme | Department of Justice". Justice. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
↑Donaghy, Brendan (ed.). "Launch of North Belfast Peace Walls Project". Mediation Digest. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
↑Murtagh, Brendan (2017). "Urban alternatives and collaborative economics in Belfast's contested space". The social ecology of border landscapes. Grichting, Anna, Zebich-Knos, Michele (editors). London: Anthem Press. pp.181–194. ISBN9781783086719. OCLC985108699.
12Mell, Ian (2019). "Beyond the peace lines: Conceptualising representations of parks as inclusionary spaces in Belfast, Northern Ireland". The Town Planning Review. 90 (2): 195–218. doi:10.3828/tpr.2019.13. S2CID150993274– via Research Gate.