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Relief is on the way for residents and business owners on the Foxford Road in Ballina who have been experiencing water outages recently, Mayo Fine Gael TD Michelle Mulherin has announced.

Approval has been given for the extension of the Lough Mask Regional Water Supply Scheme to Westport. The announcement has been welcomed by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

Minister for the Environment, Community, and Local Government, Phil Hogan, has given sanction for Galway Rural Development Company to approve funding of €156,914 to Leitrim Sports and Recreational Development Group for the development of a community car park and playground in Leitrim, Loughrea, Co Galway.

The €4.13m funding from central Government necessary for the replacement of nearly 30 kms of elderly Mullingar watermains was finally released this week, two years after the contract was awarded, and one year after work was supposed to start.

A temporary water treatment plant is to be provided for Roscommon’s water scheme to address the cryptosporidium crisis which has plagued the town and surrounding areas for the past month.

Westmeath County Council has welcomed the publication of the Framework Service Level Agreement (SLA) between local authorities and Enterprise Ireland for the new Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs).

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has welcomed news from the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan announcing revised allocations under the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 which release the programme’s remaining €70 million for local development companies around the country. Of this €70 million, a total of €19,896,889 will be awarded to Mayo.

Kilmaine is to see an improvement in water quality in the area with the announcement this week that the Lough Mask regional water supply scheme is to be extended to the village. This will be funded as part of the Water Services Investment Programme 2010 to 2013 and it will allow for the construction of a water main from Ballinrobe to Kilmaine at a cost of €2.025 million. The funding will be awarded by the Minister for the Environment, Community, and Local Government Phil Hogan to allow Mayo County Council to advance the scheme to construction as soon as possible.

South West Mayo Development Company chairman Michael Biggins has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Phil Hogan, that LEADER programme funding is to be released. The programme was embargoed since February 7 while Department officials conducted an audit of the level of project activity in all the local development companies. Reductions to the rate of co-funding meant that the original project allocations given to each local development company needed to be reduced.

Minister for the Environment, Community, and Local Government, Phil Hogan, announced yesterday that the Galway Rural Development company has been given sanction to approve funding of €239,949 for the development of sporting facilities at Oranmore Community Centre.