Over period 2003-2005 approximately E1m has been delivered by the Irish Central Border Area Network (ICBAN) to fund various infrastructural improvements in County Sligo.

According to Senior Engineer Tommy Carroll ‘This has enabled Sligo County Council to undertake much needed improvements to harbours on the West Sligo coastline including Enniscrone, Easkey, Pollnadivva. Amenity improvements have been undertaken to the resorts of Mullaghmore and Enniscrone which included upgrading of streets, footpaths and public lighting making villages more pedestrian friendly while also enhancing the attractiveness of resorts as tourist destinations’.

Improvements were undertaken at Raghly Harbour in North Sligo including a feasibility Study which resulted in a major grant being secured from the Department of Marine and Natural Resources in 2006 allowing a major upgrade of the harbour to commence.

Improvements were also undertaken to Regional Routes in the east of County Sligo.

These works enable tourism to be promoted in the region with resorts and harbours receiving significant investment in physical infrastructure attracting greater number of tourists to areas.

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