By Dan Walsh
It was ‘Good News Tuesday’ on the rural funding front for Co. Wexford with €396,000 shared equally between two communities.
Funding to the tune of €198,000 has been approved to build 700 metres of roadside paths from Tara Vale to Kitts Lane as part of the Tara Hill to Ballymoney Trail Improvement Scheme.
This will complete the trail from Courtown to Tara Hill and it is envisaged that this trail will eventually go onto Castletown/Kilpatrick and meet with the Wicklow Way at Kilmichael in North Wexford.
Local Cllr Joe Sullivan has congratulated all involved and pledged to work to have this excellent facility completed within the next number of years. “This grant is from ORIS funding for trails greenways and other outdoor walking and cycling infrastructure. Thanks also to Eamon Hore and Rory O’Mahony from Wexford County Council for their work and drive to see this project completed, stated Cllr Sullivan, who added; “Locally the Development Committees at Ballymoney and Tara Hill worked tirelessly on this project and put in the hard yards and should now be congratulated on a job well done.”
Speaking to WexfordLocal.com this afternoon, Cllr Sullivan while delighted with today’s announcement stated that he is seeking similar ORIS funding for a number of other projects. He highlighted the provision of a footpath from Coolgreany village to Ballyfad Wood as a priority with an application pending for when the window for applications opens within the month of June.
There was also good news for the Blackstairs Mountain Trail with €198,000 approved to develop 13 kilometres walking trail along existing Coillte wood extending from Killanne, Rathnure, Templeudigan and to Ballywilliam providing car parks at each end of the linear trail.
And €1,077.15 has been approved for the enhancement of the Min Ryan Playground in Wexford town under the Capital Grant Scheme for Play and Recreation.
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