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CLARE is in the top one third of county’s benefiting from CLAR funding for non-national roads.
The local authority will receive a total of €376,399.43 for improve- ments to the county’s road infra- Seu llelauh ica
The CLAR programme is a target- ed investment programme for rural areas that suffered more than a 35 per cent drop in population between Por: tierce ee
Under its 208 programme a sum of €3 million each is being provided by the Department of Transport and the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs for works to local secondary and tertiary roads in these specially designated areas.
Minister of State Tony Killeen said that Clare County Council’s alloca- tion was determined by the county’s percentage of the total population in CLAR areas.
“The grant allocation will enable the local authority to fund local sec- ondary and tertiary roads projects. The council may also use the funds to replace, widen or strengthen bridges on local secondary and local tertiary roads, subject to the prior approval of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government,’ he said.
“The funding announcement is concrete proof that the Government is determined to revitalise declining rural areas. Significant progress has been made in recent years in terms of improving national infrastructure.”