Waterford Council has been granted â¬27.6m by the government to rejuvenate the city centre.
The money will be spent across a total of 22 projects around the city centre in the wider Viking Triangle & Cultural Quarter areas.
The funding, which is the full amount applied for, is being allocated from the second round of the government’s Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) and follows on from the â¬110 million for the North Quays last November.
Waterford Fine Gael Senator John Cummins described the funding as ‘transformative’ and said the total investment will be in the region of â¬48.5 million:
âToday is a further watershed day and again demonstrates the government’s commitment to Waterford in the context of Project Ireland 2040. Waterford City and County Council received every cent of funding they requested of government and in reality the state investment will be far in excess of â¬27.6 because a number of the projects contained in the plan
Waterford, Ireland / WLR
Mar 4, 2021 10:30 AM
Major upgrades to sites in Tramore, the Comeragh mountains and Lismore are on the cards after funding allocations from central government.
€247,270 as part of the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme will be used for projects at the Mahon Falls and Owenashad River in Lismore.
The Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme was established to fund medium-scale repairs and upgrades of trails and amenities. €105,900 has already been allocated for six trails in January.
The successful projects are;
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Mahon Falls, Comeragh Mountains, Co. Waterford: €200,000 – Extension and enhancement of existing trailhead and car parking facilities, walking trail maintenance and improvement of road access/passing bags at Mahon Falls, Comeragh Mountains, Co. Waterford.
Cummins welcomes Tánaiste’s comments favouring Waterford City as site for new university HQ
18th February 2021 - Senator John Cummins
Comments from the Tánaiste that he is strongly of the view that the Technological University for the South East should be centred in Waterford is positive news for the county, Fine Gael Senator John Cummins has said.
Speaking in the Dáil today, Fine Gael Leader and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said he was a great supporter of a technological university for the south east and strongly of the view that the proposed technological university for the south east should be centred in Waterford city and some available sites there should be used to expand the university further.
“According to Fine Gael Senator John Cummins, work is set to begin shortly on a Mass Vaccination Centre at WIT Arena in Carriganore, despite worries – brought on by Fine Gael themselves – that Waterford and the entire South and South East was going to be overlooked …” (more)
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