"This sharing of information has moved the whole process forward and allowed us to improve the parking situation in all our towns, particularly our border towns, " he told BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme.
And one of the things that I've felt very strongly about during the course of this year is that hard stuff requires not paralysis, but it requires going ahead and making the best of the situation that you're in at this point, and then continually trying to improve and make progress from there.