€96,000 To Help Link Spa Village To Tralee Bay Coastal Amenity Trail

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Spa village.

FUNDS of €96,000 will go towards a new footpath to link the village safely to the Tralee Bay Coastal Amenity Trail.

Kerry Fine Gael TD and Deputy Government Chief Whip, Brendan Griffin, this morning (Friday) It’s part of a Government funding injection of almost €700,000 for six Kerry towns and villages announced this morning.

Kerry Fine Gael TD and Deputy Government Chief Whip, Brendan Griffin, welcomed the allocations under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme by the Department of Social Protection and Rural Affairs.

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The funding will go towards projects in Spa, Milltown, Castleisland, Ballybunion, Rathmore and Portmagee.

In Spa Village, over €96,000 will go towards a new footpath to link the village safely to the Tralee Bay Coastal Amenity Trail — linking up with the existing pathway from Cockleshell to the canal walkway, thus creating a full walkway from Tralee town to Spa village.

In Milltown, over €94,000 will be spent to upgrade the historic square and for a scoping study on the development of a Business Innovation Hub.

In Castleisland, over €96,000 will go towards implementing Phase 1 of an Urban Connectivity project and a study on the future use for derelict and vacant properties in the town.

In Ballybunion, €100,000 will go towards improved signage and parking capacity for visitors.

In Rathmore, €100,000 will go towards undergrounding ESB wires in advance of a safety scheme due to commence early this year.

Finally, in Portmagee, €200,000 will go towards public realm improvements and undergrounding of utility wires, including the provision of EV charging, WiFi Access points and information points.

Deputy Griffin says the funding is very important to the six towns and villages and is a welcome addition to money already invested by the Government in numerous rural towns and villages in Kerry over the last few years.