Green light for €9 million to expand Portlaoise low carbon town vision
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Funding of €9 million is set to be spent on projects to make Portlaoise Ireland’s first designated “Low Carbon Town”.
Laois County Council is getting the funds to build on the work already carried out to date.
The money will fund the pedestrianisation on lower Main Street, upgrade of the public area along Main Street and Market Square and complete of the improvement works at the Cultural Quarter in the Town Centre.
It will also be spent on major enhancement measures of the streetscape of James Fintan Lalor Avenue and the prioritisation of pedestrian access, cycling and public transport. The creation of urban development sites in this area will be carried out.