LIMERICK, according to Mayor John Moran, is continuing to move forward.
Limerick’s directly-elected Mayor signed three new mayoral orders this week, which he maintains mark real and tangible steps forward for communities across the county.
Three very different projects, but together, the Mayor believes, they demonstrate one thing — action.
Limerick’s first citizen signed off on traffic calming works in Patrickswell, which will include a raised pedestrian crossing at Lisheen Park, build outs for traffic calming purposes, footpath widening, and a new bus bay.
The works are a result of consultation with Patrickswell National School. Existing pedestrian crossing at the school’s car park entrance was deemed unsafe at a recent Council inspection.
Mayor Moran also signed an order appointing external quantity surveyors to undertake a cost-plan review and verification for a potential housing scheme of five three-bedroomed houses at Dromsally Woods, Cappamore.
“These units have been proposed by a developer. If they proceed, the project will be funded under the Department of Housing’s Social Housing Investment Programme,” he explained.
Mayor Moran’s third order of the week involved the signing of legal agreements between the Council and a non-profit entity to enter a property into the Mortgage to Rent Scheme in an area in the Cappamore Kilmallock Municipal District.
The scheme, overseen by the Department of Housing, aims to help homeowners having difficulties with mortgage arrears, who can, instead of losing their home, voluntarily surrender ownership to a new mortgage owner but remain in place as tenants, in this case, the Council.
