The Creeslough Community Regeneration Project has been awarded funding of €12,168,842 to help rebuild the community after the terrible tragedy which struck the village in October, 2022.
The funding has come from the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund with match funding of €1,352,093 being provided by Donegal County Council.
The project, which has a total value of €13,520,935, will deliver vital community infrastructure and facilities on an existing community site in the Village Centre.
This will include a new central hub for community life that will support Creeslough on a journey towards a vibrant, healthy, well serviced, socially inclusive, and sustainable community.
The project forms an integrated part of the Village Plan for the renewal and regeneration of the village which was launched in March 2024.
A request for tenders has now been published for the procurement of Design Team services with a closing date of 16th December 2024.
Planning consent has been secured for the project and the successful applicant will be appointed to develop the existing plans through detailed design and manage the construction stage of the development.
Among those to welcome the progression of the Creeslough Regeneration Project to design stage is Fianna Fail election candidate Pat the Cope Gallagher.
Pat the Cope added “The project, which has a total value of €13,520,935, will deliver vital community infrastructure and facilities on an existing community site in the Village.
“The project when fully completed will bring a new emphasis and centre to the Creeslough area, and a great deal of community effort has gone into e into this project.”
