Major €900,000 funding boost for public realm works on Longford's Lower Main Street
The large cash injection will pay for works on new paths, roadway and public realm enhancement including work on trees, seating and art.
A significant €900,000 funding allocation has been for public realm works Lower Main Street, Longford.
The works will include new paths, roadway and public realm enhancement with improvement work on trees, seating and art.
Local Fianna Fáil Senator Joe Flaherty has welcomed the funding for Longford town’s Lower Main Street.
“For the first time in thirty years, funding has been allocated for public realm works on Lower Main St, Longford town.
"The works will include new paths, roadway and public realm enhancement (trees, seating and art). “
Senator Flaherty said the area has ‘for too long been neglected’.
He added, "Now allied with works on the old Providers, old Post Office and Cooney’s Menswear, we are, for the first time, about to see real change occurring in this end of the town.”
The funding comes under the ‘Regeneration Investment Fund (formerly URDF funding)’ and prioritises the redevelopment of vacant or underused sites, public realm enhancements, and community and civic infrastructure.
Senator Flaherty said the fund supports Longford Co Council’s ambitious ‘Town Centre First’ plans and will link in with planned works at Connolly Barracks and Church Street.