Mid Ulster District Council’s environment committee has decided to pause a redevelopment project in a Co Derry estate until an agreement has been reached with local bonfire builders about future celebrations in the area.
At a meeting of the local authority’s environment committee on Monday, July 3, members were asked to grant Council’s Chief Executive, Adrian McCreesh, delegated authority to award capital contracts in August for a number of small settlement projects including one that will take place in the Riverside estate in Castledawson.
However, while Councillor Brian McGuigan told the chamber he had no problem in granting delegated authority in relation to the other projects, he expressed concerns about the “substantial project” at Riverside, given its current use as a bonfire site.
