Picture: Michelle Breen Crean Photography
Contracts have been signed for the delivery of 34 new homes at Ballybeg, Dingle which will be constructed over the next year and a half.
The units at Sruthán Sléibhe will comprise 22 one-bed apartments and 12 two-bedroom units.
The contractor appointed by Kerry County Council is Vision Contracting of Model Farm Road, Cork and the technical advisors for the project are Kerry-based Malachy Walsh and Partners Ltd.
As well at the construction of the new dwellings, the construction contract includes the provision of landscaping, new vehicular and pedestrian entrances, new bridge structures, parking and bin storage facilities, new water and wastewater infrastructure and all associated site works.
Preparatory works are already underway and with a construction cost of €10.5 million, it is expected that the new homes will be completed within 18 months.
Mayor of Kerry, Cllr Breandán Fitzgerald, who attended the contract signing with Council CEO Martin O’Donoghue, welcomed the new addition to the housing stock in west Kerry.
“These modern homes will provide new tenants with high-standard accommodation and I look forward to their completion over the next year and a half,” he said.
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