Hazelbank sensory garden among access projects approved
Funding has been approved for a series of accessibility projects in Antrim and Newtownabbey which will include a new sensory garden at Hazelbank Park.
The Department for Communities has approved five funding applications from the borough council through its Access and Inclusion programme.
Hazelbank sensory garden will cost £30,000 to complete.
An accessibility trail has been earmarked for V36 in Newtownabbey and Threemilewater Park at a cost of £30,000 each.
Funding of £8,000 has been approved for a set of automatic doors at Mossley Mill in Newtownabbey.
A sensory garden is to be created at Antrim Castle Gardens at a cost of £30,000.
The projects which received full funding from the Department must be completed by the end of March.
However, an application for funding for a “boardwalk” at Rea’s Wood in Antrim was unsuccessful as this was deemed by the Department to be “related to maintenance, repair and operations and therefore was not eligible under this programme”.
Speaking at a meeting of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council’s Community Planning Committee on Monday evening, Antrim Ulster Unionist Alderman Paul Michael BEM noted the Department’s concerns over a “maintenance and repair operation” for the Rea’s Wood project. Click here to read: £150k sought for Antrim and Newtownabbey disability access projects
Michelle Weir, Local Democracy Reporter.
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