Eight Clare schools are to benefit from a new round of funding for road safety measures and specialist play areas.
The funding comes under the Government’s CLAR programme for rural development, which helps fund small scale capital projects in areas where significant levels of depopulation has occured.
Six of the schools involved are to recieve a total of €242,000 in funding for new facilities such as AstroTurf pitches or sensory play areas, while two more will be awarded €75,000 for road safety measures near the schools.
The Ballynacally Tidy Towns committee will also be awarded €6,400 to for speed safety signs around the village.
Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Carey expects further funding to come on stream in the near future.
Funding details in full:
Clare County Council has received confirmation from the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs of its decision to allocate €323,000 in funding for 9 local Road Safety and Play Area schemes under the CLÁR Programme as part of the Government’s Action Plan for Rural Development.
€81,510 has been collectively allocated to Kilnamona National School (€25,110), Ogonnelloe National School (€50,000) and Ballynacally Tidy Towns Committee (€6,400) in order to carry out road safety improvement measures in their areas, while €241,622 has been collectively allocated to Kilshanny National School (€19,779), Broadford and Kilbane National School (€50,000), Ballyea National School (€50,000), Iniscealtra National School (€47,273), Lakyle National School (€50,000) and Connolly National School (€24,570) under Measure 2 of the Scheme which funds the provision of play areas.
