A total of €707,641 has been allocated to Waterford under the latest round of the government’s popular Town and Village Renewal scheme.
Projects in Kill, Lemybrien and Lismore have been successfully awarded funding.
€243,471 has been awarded to a project in Kill that will lead to the development of an integrated community park with integrated seating, play and musical equipment, performance area and ancillary works including the extension of the carpark area within the grounds of the Kill Community Centre.
€250,000 has been allocated in Lismore for the regeneration of a derelict building with the Lismore Union Workhouse complex into a community facility for Lismore Men’s Shed.
€214,200 has also been allocated in Lemybrien for the development of an interconnected village centre with urban green spaces as health promoting environments.
Waterford Fine Gael Senator John Cummins said: “Fine Gael established the Town and Village Renewal Scheme in 2016 and since then it has funded over sixty projects across our county to the tune of over €4.4 million. Today’s announcement brings total Waterford funding under the scheme to over €5.2 million. This level of funding in our rural towns and villages is having a tangible impact and I want to commend Minister Humphrey’s for prioritising funding through ‘Our Rural Future’ for this purpose, I believe it is money very well spent”.
He added “I am thrilled for the three communities benefitting from today’s announcement. I count myself lucky that I am able to work with so many excellent community groups on a weekly basis throughout Waterford and the success of these applications is testament to the work these communities do in partnership with Waterford City and County Council. While I constantly make strong pitches for funding to Minister Humphreys, along with my Fine Gael council colleagues, without robust applications these representations would fall flat”.
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