Portlaoise to get new signs for the 'culturally curious great escapers'
Fáilte Ireland funding project
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Laois County Council has budgeted to spend €50,000 on a project to direct visitors around Portlaoise and tell them more about the town's history.
The council has invited firms to bid for a research, scripting, planning and design wayfinding and interpretation signage contract for Portlaoise.
Companies will be asked to focus on the historic core area of Portlaoise under the project which is funded by Failte Ireland under the Destination Towns Programme.
The council wants designs for placemaking at the entrance to three medieval laneways branching off Main Street – integrating archways on both ends of Pepper’s Lane (Main Street and Lyster Square) and archways on both ends of Lyster Lane (Main Street and Lyster Square) and a wall plaque/freestanding sign as appropriate at Bull Lane. The council already has a plan for the lanes.