€1 million revamp of Portlaoise halting site
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The only Traveller halting site in Portlaoise is to get a €1 million upgrade for the one extended family who live there.
Oak Park halting site in Knockmay is beside Clonminam industrial estate.
The only residents are one extended Traveller family who have lived there for nearly 25 years.
Laois County Council plans to rejuvenate the 1.15 hectare site which is off the R945 between Clonminam and the Mountrath road.
They will build four two bay halting sites each with a 4.6 square metre day house that will have a shower room, laundry store and family room. The development includes foul and surface water drainage works and footpaths.