Local TD Brennan welcomes significant funding for North Wexford

Infrastructure funding for St Waleron’s & Ballytegan Road announced today will transform North Gorey and open up the entire area to exciting developments; that’s according to Fine Gael TD for Wicklow Wexford, Brian Brennan…

Welcoming the announcement of funding under the Housing Infrastructure Investment Fund (HIIF), Deputy Brennan said:

“This is massive news for Gorey as funding has been granted for the delivery of the 1.4km link road through St. Waleran’s Demesne which will include a combined rail and road overbridge and a new junction; this road will be the catalyst to opening up the site and allowing for progress of the long awaited St Waleran’s Demesne Masterplan.”

The scheme will connect the adjacent neighbourhoods of Creagh, Ballytegan, Clonattin and will directly unlock lands for 820 residential units and indirectly unlocks a further 1,428 residential units.

The funding also gives the green light for progress on the Sports & Community Hub, which will includes outdoor fields for cricket and hockey, an athletics track, and looped walking paths in Phase 1 and will further deliver an indoor community sports building equipped for basketball and cycling in Phase 2.

In a further news, funding has also been announced for the delivery of a footpath from the Arklow Road Junction to St. Walerans (Northern Boundary) and St Walerans (Northern Boundary) to The Rock GAA Club entrance.

“I am absolutely delighted to see funding for this infrastructure being delivered. The footpath with be transformative for the entire community providing accessible and safe access all the way from Gorey Town out to the Rock. It will open up land for 600 residential units and indirectly unlocks potential for a further 1,750 residential units as Gorey continues to grow and thrive.”

“I have been in regular contact with the communities seeking these infrastructural developments and have raised them both with senior officials in Wexford County Council and advocated for this funding with my colleagues in Government and I am delighted today to see this step forward.”

“The St Waleron’s Project has been a long time in the pipeline; it was a plan that my predecessor in Gorey, Michael D’Arcy fought for for many years so today is an extremely important step in making this vision become a reality.”

“Gorey is one of the fastest growing towns in the country; it is important that we invest in the appropriate infrastructure to match that growth to ensure that the town continues to thrive,” he told Wexford Weekly.