Member's statement: Ann Street, Dungannon: Regeneration
Member's statement by Mr Colm Gildernew on .
- MLA
- Mr Colm Gildernew
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 18 February 2025
- Type
- Member's statement
- Business
- Members' Statements
- Heading
- Ann Street, Dungannon: Regeneration
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4806133
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Members may or may not know that Ann Street was a significant part of the heart of Dungannon town: a thriving, bustling street that contained a mix of businesses, including hardware stores and bars, and family homes. In the early 1980s, some 40 years ago, there was a proposal to regenerate Ann Street. The wrecking balls moved in and entirely demolished the street, but the redevelopment never came. Many South Tyrone representatives have worked on the issue and sought to deliver the much-needed regeneration and rebuilding of Ann Street. However, there have been several false dawns, including a number of years ago, when I became an MLA, when I met developers who had a plan for mixed use on the site, which did not come to fruition. In recent times, however, an application has been made to the planning authorities for a retail and mixed community development on the site. I sincerely welcome that. It is long overdue that the blight on the centre of Dungannon town be addressed and investment be allocated to that site. I commit to the wider regeneration of Dungannon town, which also needs to be a focus for a range of Departments, and I will continue to work with the traders, the communities and the people, who live, work and shop in Dungannon town, to restore and repair the damage that was caused by the demolition of Ann Street.
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