Local
TD and Tánaiste, Frances Fitzgerald TD said funding announced today will
deliver 11,500 new homes to the area.
The
€27million in funding announced today for strategic infrastructure in Adamstown
SDZ, Clonburris SDZ and Corkagh Grange/Kilcarberry represents Government’s
commitment to increase access to public infrastructure and enable more housing
developments. An estimated 3000 houses will be built by 2021 across these
three projects, with the potential for 11,500 houses to be built here in total
in the long term.
Fitzgerald
said: “This funding will help deliver a strong mix of private, rental and
social housing delivery at appropriate locations and create new and attractive
local communities to live in at affordable prices and rents.
“Together
with other complementary and targeted measures under the Government’s Action
Plan for Housing, the delivery of this housing in the next four years will have
an extremely positive impact on the availability of housing in the short to
medium term. Through the work undertaken, we are now making progress in
recalibrating a sector that has faced enormous challenges in recent years. We
are also making progress in delivering housing for those who need it.
“Today’s
announcement of the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation projects signals
what can be achieved from a collaborative approach involving local authorities,
public bodies and housing providers, working together to maximize the impact on
housing development and delivery from the focussed use of available public
funds.”
This
new funding represents an effective use of targeted funding to achieve real
results for ordinary citizens. This funding will include the Celbridge
Link Road, Airlie Park and Tandy’s Lane Park which is part of the Adamstown
SDZ, surface water upgrade improvement works as part of Clonburris SDZ and
access roads, pumping station and sewer works as part of Corkagh
Grange/Kilcarberry.
Fitzgerald
said: “Through the projects announced today under LIHAF, together with the
completion of our review of the Government’s Capital Plan and the development
of a new National Planning Framework later this year, we will see further
sustainable progress being made to address our housing needs and accelerate our
economic and social recovery”.
“This
is a great example of “joined-up Government” and has acted as the trigger to
draw both public and private partners together to leverage much wider public
and private sector investment."
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