Thursday, 7 March 2024
Letterkenny Municipal District Members visited the former ESB site at the Port Road on Tuesday to receive a briefing on demolition works that commenced this week. Mayor of Letterkenny-Milford Municipal District, Cllr Kevin Bradley welcomed the works saying, “this is an important milestone for the Letterkenny 2040 programme and will facilitate wider development of the site in due course”.
The development of ‘Letterkenny 2040 Strategic Urban Regeneration Site – Phase 1, forms a key foundational component of a wider urban regeneration programme known as ‘Letterkenny 2040’.
As part of this regeneration programme for Letterkenny, MCB Civils Ltd. have been appointed to undertake demolition works and site clearance to prepare this 1.1 hectare Strategic Urban Regeneration Site for a future mixed-use development. The works will be carried out within the site area of the former ESB depot and an adjacent field, on a site which is surrounded by commercial businesses.
Acquisition of the site and the demolition works are funded by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage under the Urban Regeneration and Development Funding programme (URDF). Works include the demolition of buildings, removal of trees, relocation of services and the construction of boundary walls, footpaths and a pedestrian crossing.
