12/06/2013

Council Begins 'Renewing The Roots' Programme

Work has started on the latest phase of Belfast City Council's 'Renewing The Routes' programme, involving work on the Newtownards and Ormeau Roads.

Over the past nine years, the 'Renewing The Routes' programme has seen the council invest £6.6 million in a series of local regeneration projects on 13 main roads across Belfast – from the Grosvenor Road to Castlereagh Street, the Antrim Road to Sandy Row. The various projects have included the renovation of more than 500 shop units and almost 100 arts, heritage and environmental projects.

Work on the latest phase, on the Newtownards Road from Bridge End to Witham Street, and on the Ormeau Road, from Ormeau Embankment to the Ravenhill Road, has now started and is due to finish later this year.

Launching this latest work, Councillor Deirdre Hargey, Chairman of the council's Development Committee, pointed out that all the projects had been delivered with the full cooperation and assistance of the local communities involved.

She said: "The programme was set up to address environmental degradation on Belfast`s main roads and bolster economic and physical regeneration, and as such it takes a bottom up and hands on, localised approach to regeneration and works directly with local communities, businesses and statutory agencies in developing innovative and flexible working partnerships."

(CD)

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