A new town is to be created around 10 kilometres from Dublin's city centre, near Lucan and Liffey Valley.
Ministers have signed off on a funding package today to help build 8,700 new homes in the south Dublin area.
€186m has been agreed for the Clonburris Strategic Development Zone - the funds will be used to house over 20,000 people and provide them with essential services and infrastructure.
The project, part-funded by the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund, will involve the provision of critical strategic infrastructure to develop the site, including:
- new link roads, utility corridors and bridges
- public parks forming part of an integrated network of multi-use public open spaces
- a green infrastructure network
- community centres and other multi-purpose civic facilities
- pumping stations and other sustainable urban drainage measures
Minister Darragh O’Brien says: "This funding will make it possible for a whole new town to be built in west Dublin, the first project of its kind in a generation, one which was strongly supported by the Taoiseach and the wider Government. Clonburris will be a well-designed town with over 8,700 homes, good transport links and vital amenities and services.
"Up to 2,600 of these homes will be social and affordable homes delivered by my Department and South Dublin County Council. Today’s announcement illustrates the ever-growing reach of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund in revitalising our cities and towns, improving their offering as places in which to live, work, visit or invest.”
The wider project to develop the SDZ, led by South Dublin County Council, comprises housing, between 7,730 and 11,098 new homes, including approximately 1,000 social homes and approximately 1,600 affordable homes, utilising the Affordable Housing Fund.
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