28/03/2014
DSD To Spend Over £300,000 On Giro Route
Over £300,000 is to be spent on cleaning up the route to be used by the Giro d'Italia cycle race, coming to Northern Ireland for the first time between 09 – 11 May.
The Department of Social Development will spend a total of £330,000 to improve a number of derelict sites along the Shore Road in north Belfast, the Newtownards Road in the east and the Ormeau Road in the south.
The three stages that will start in Northern Ireland are:
Friday 9 May - Team time trial from Belfast city centre to Stormont and back
Saturday 10 May - Belfast to Causeway Coast and back
Sunday 11 May - Armagh to Dublin
(MH)
The Department of Social Development will spend a total of £330,000 to improve a number of derelict sites along the Shore Road in north Belfast, the Newtownards Road in the east and the Ormeau Road in the south.
The three stages that will start in Northern Ireland are:
Friday 9 May - Team time trial from Belfast city centre to Stormont and back
Saturday 10 May - Belfast to Causeway Coast and back
Sunday 11 May - Armagh to Dublin
(MH)
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