Massive funding announced for North West through Local Improvement Scheme

A record amount of funding has been announced today for the Local Improvement Scheme.Up to 40m has been allocated nationwide by the Department of Rural and Community Development.The North West will be huge beneficiaries of today's announcement, with 4.7m euro heading for the region.Donegal will receive the biggest share, with just over 2.58m. That's followed by Sligo, getting 1.17m, and Leitrim in line to get just over 966,000.The record investment will be used for repairs and improvement works on non-public rural roads and laneways under the Local Improvement Scheme.Donegal and Sligo will also benefit from the Islands Allocation for 2024/2025, with an additional 200,000 for Donegal, and 20,000 for Sligo.To date, almost 170m has been allocated to local authorities under the scheme since it was re-introduced in 2017.Today's announcement has been welcomed locally, with Ballymote Tubbercurry and Fianna Fail councillor, Paul Taylor, saying the funding will be of massive benefit to the region.