HOUSING PROJECT BRINGS NEW JOBS BOOST

THE start of work on a major housing development in Ballyclare will create up to 100 new jobs in the area, it has been claimed.
By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Jun 2010, 13:26 BST
Updated 23rd Jun 2010, 13:26 BST

News that the first phase of the 'Ballyclare West' scheme had been given the go-ahead by Planning Service was exclusively revealed by the Times last month.

This week, further details were released about the development of 159 new properties off the Rashee Road.

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The layout and housing within phase one has been designed by award winning architect Des Ewing and includes a mixture of two and three storey detached, semi-detached and terraced dwellings.

The planning approval, sought by leading urban design consultancy Turley Associates on behalf of the KPL Group, is part of a wider development of around 2,200 new homes to the west of the town and the long-awaited Ballyclare Relief Road.

"The construction of this first phase and subsequent housing phases will create approximately 100 jobs on the site over a development period of 15 years, with an additional 90 employed in the construction of the relief road. There will also be significant additional employment generated in the supply of materials and services for the building project," a spokesperson for Turley Associates revealed.

Read the full story in this week's Times...

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