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Construction work on many of Northern Ireland’s main roads is to be stopped for 11 days next month because of the G8 conference summit in Fermanagh.
According to a Roads Service memo, a moratorium has been placed on road and street works.
Roads Service has told some utility companies that no work can take place on motorways and main trunk roads.
The Department for Regional Development (DRD) said the move followed a request from the police.
Foreign ministers from the G8 group of nations have condemned in the “strongest possible terms” North Korea’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes.
Tensions have risen on the Korean peninsula in recent weeks.
The ministers also expressed “deep concerns about the increasing human tragedy of the conflict in Syria”.
They also endorsed what they called a historic pledge on preventing sexual violence in conflict.
The Group of Eight nations comprises the US, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada and Russia.
Britain currently holds the rotating chairmanship of the G8 and the talks are a prelude to the annual G8 summit later this year in Northern Ireland.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has said the crisis in Syria will be at the “top of the agenda” when G8 foreign ministers meet in London this week.
He has warned that the “situation in Syria continues to get worse”.
Mr Hague said that top of his “personal agenda” is another initiative, to end a “culture of impunity” over sexual violence and abuse during war.
Foreign ministers from the G8 nations are starting two days of talks in London before the G8 summit in June.
Mr Hague will meet with the foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States, on Wednesday and Thursday.
The UK is assuming its year-long presidency of the G8 group of nations.
The presidency – which rotates through the G8 members – means it will host the annual leaders’ summit and choose the global priorities that are discussed.
June’s summit is to be held at Lough Erne, in County Fermanagh, while topics discussed will include tax havens.
The G8 is made up countries who have, historically, been the richest in the world – France, the US, Russia, Japan, Germany, Italy, Canada and the UK.
As prime minister of the presidency holding nation, David Cameron has said he wants to focus on combating trade protectionism, cracking down on tax havens and promoting greater government transparency.
These topics will be discussed in ministerial meetings ahead of the summit along with urgent issues like the crisis in Syria.