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20/08/2013
£310k To Extend Belfast Regeneration Projects
Two Belfast City Council regeneration schemes are to be extended, following a funding injection of £310,000 from the Department for Social Development.
An Ormeau Road scheme incorporating the stretch from Ormeau Embankment to the Ravenhill Road will now be extended towards the city centre and include the lower Ormeau Road and Cromac Street.
A similar programme for the Newtownards Road from Bridge End to Witham Street will now included an additional 33 premises.
Two new environmental are to be carried out on the Ormeau Road, involving lighting and painting the Ballynafeigh Orange Hall and Community Development Association building.
Councillor Deirdre Hargey, Chairperson of the council’s Development Committee, said: "The 'Renewing The Routes’ 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, such as the DSD, in developing innovative and flexible working partnerships.
"As part of the council’s £150m Investment Programme, we are committed to supporting the regeneration of key arterial routes and producing tangible results that produce attractive, bright and practical schemes which benefit their areas – whether it be by making cosmetic improvements to building facades in commercial areas, improving shared space by landscaping and public art, restoring historical features on important local heritage sites or simply just taking action on graffiti and cleansing."
South Belfast SDLP Councillor Kate Mullan said: "This very positive scheme is welcome as it will bring a well needed boost to the local small businesses along this part of the Ormeau Road, particularly in this time of economic stress.
"The work has now begun and a number of shop fronts are getting fresh coats of paint and new signs are being installed. I am looking forward to when the shops and the other buildings benefiting from 'Renewing the Routes' will have their makeovers complete. Hopefully this investment along the Ormeau Road will inspire further transformation and regeneration for this major arterial route."
Over the past nine years, the 'Renewing The Routes' programme has seen the council invest £6.6m in a series of local regeneration projects on 13 main roads across Belfast.
The next phase, due to start early next year, will include the Andersonstown Road, from Hillhead Crescent to Suffolk Road, and the Oldpark Road, from Torrens Avenue to Cliftondene Crescent.
(IT/MH)
An Ormeau Road scheme incorporating the stretch from Ormeau Embankment to the Ravenhill Road will now be extended towards the city centre and include the lower Ormeau Road and Cromac Street.
A similar programme for the Newtownards Road from Bridge End to Witham Street will now included an additional 33 premises.
Two new environmental are to be carried out on the Ormeau Road, involving lighting and painting the Ballynafeigh Orange Hall and Community Development Association building.
Councillor Deirdre Hargey, Chairperson of the council’s Development Committee, said: "The 'Renewing The Routes’ 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, such as the DSD, in developing innovative and flexible working partnerships.
"As part of the council’s £150m Investment Programme, we are committed to supporting the regeneration of key arterial routes and producing tangible results that produce attractive, bright and practical schemes which benefit their areas – whether it be by making cosmetic improvements to building facades in commercial areas, improving shared space by landscaping and public art, restoring historical features on important local heritage sites or simply just taking action on graffiti and cleansing."
South Belfast SDLP Councillor Kate Mullan said: "This very positive scheme is welcome as it will bring a well needed boost to the local small businesses along this part of the Ormeau Road, particularly in this time of economic stress.
"The work has now begun and a number of shop fronts are getting fresh coats of paint and new signs are being installed. I am looking forward to when the shops and the other buildings benefiting from 'Renewing the Routes' will have their makeovers complete. Hopefully this investment along the Ormeau Road will inspire further transformation and regeneration for this major arterial route."
Over the past nine years, the 'Renewing The Routes' programme has seen the council invest £6.6m in a series of local regeneration projects on 13 main roads across Belfast.
The next phase, due to start early next year, will include the Andersonstown Road, from Hillhead Crescent to Suffolk Road, and the Oldpark Road, from Torrens Avenue to Cliftondene Crescent.
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