Up to €100k awarded to Clare towns under Town Centre First funding

The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced funding of up to €100,000 to support the development two Clare towns, as part of the Town Centre First projects.

This funding will assist local authorities in creating a pipeline of significant, well-developed projects in local towns across Ireland.

A total of 53 projects will be supported with up to €50,000 of funding per project, under Measure 3 of the Town Centre First Suite of Supports 2024 from the Department of Rural and Community Development.

This funding will support pre-development works for projects and support costs including detailed design, planning, procurement, professional fees, assessments and other development costs.

Announcing the funding this Friday, August 23, Minister Humphreys said she was "delighted to announce funding of €2.6 million which will support Local Authorities and Town Teams to develop a strong pipeline of shovel-ready projects in our local towns."

“I look forward to seeing these exciting projects and initiatives progress and make positive impacts for our rural towns and villages”.

Funding has been allocated to Lisdoonvarna to complete design scoping on a wellness corridor to key features within the town and to bring this project to the planning consent stage.

The €50,000 for Sixmilebridge will be used to develop an overall design scheme for a pedestrian footbridge across the O'Garney River along with associated public realm designs on either side of the bridge, which will facilitate pedestrian access from one of side of the river to the other in a safe manner, improve accessibility and inclusivity whilst enhancing the overall public realm of the town core.