Hands, and funding, across the Border

WorldbyStorm

Sep 1

From the Belfast Telegraph this week comes news that:

Belfast's Sailortown has come a step closer to seeing the creation of a new bridge linking it to the Titanic Quarter, as a result of an Irish government funding initiative.

Belfast councillors at a recent City Hall committee meeting noted an update on progress of the Cork Belfast Docklands Regeneration Initiative under the Shared Island Fund, an initiative by the government in the Republic set up to "promote practical North/South cooperation."

Elected representatives at the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee agreed the prioritised project for the Belfast Dockside Regeneration project would be the Sailortown to Titanic Quarter active travel bridge. The plan for a walking and cycling bridge is at the bidding stage for funding.

At another City Hall meeting earlier in the summer it was revealed Belfast and Cork are to join forces on a rooftop solar heating project.

And:

The Dublin government department website describes the The Shared Island Civic Society Fund as "an initiative to promote practical North/South cooperation and engagement across a range of sectors and themes, consistent with the objectives and commitments of the Good Friday Agreement." It aims to "encourage and support civic society and community organisations to develop new cross-border links, to further strengthen existing partnerships, or to create or broaden cross-border connectivity on issues of concern for the island of Ireland.

This initiative will make €500,000 available in 2023 to organisations working on North South projects across a range of sectors.

Great. More.