Construction Work Starts To Develop New Homes In L’Derry

Construction work has started to develop 119 new homes in the Creggan area, L’Derry.Radius Housing has teamed up with Sean Dolan’s GAC, to deliver the new houses, alongside sports & community facilities.The project, which also involves Ulster GAA and Derry City & Strabane District Council, will also bring major improvements to the facilities at Sean Dolan’s GAC and develop a new multi-use community facility.The scheme will transform the lands to the west of the current Sean Dolan GAC grounds at Bligh’s Lane and represents an investment in excess of £20million in the Creggan area. Planning permission was secured in January, and Radius has appointed P & K McKaigue as the contractor for the project, who will be on site in the coming weeks. Radius is working with Sean Dolans GAC, Ulster GAA, Derry City and Strabane District Council, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and the Department for Communities, to ensure all aspects are in place so the project can realise the wide ranging economic and social benefits for the local community and wider area.Alongside the significant investment in 119 new social homes in an area of acute housing need, this project will support both Sean Dolan’s ambition to develop as a club and also the wider strategic plans of the GAA in growing the prominence of Gaelic games across the city. A range of other opportunities, activities and events, which will have a positive impact on the wider Creggan community, will also be facilitated as a result of the project.