Page 15 - Thomastown in Focus - Regeneration Projects Newsletter
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As part of a larger application for Thomas-

                                                                                                                                                  town Kilkenny County Council secured €90,000

                                                                                                                                                  under the Rural Regeneration Scheme for the

                                                                                                                                                  Quayside car park .  Now fully complete the

                                                                                                                                                  large car park also has new lighting and bus
                                                                                                                                                  parking for tourists. Other works completed in-

                                                                                                                                                  cludes drainage, the upgrade of existing foot-

                                                                                                                                                  path and resurfacing of car park and markings.




                                                                                                                                                  This car park  now provides much needed ac-

                                                                                                                                                  cessible parking close to the town centre which

                                                                                                                                                  now supports residents, businesses and vis-
                                                                                                                                                  itors. Other works completed includes land-

                                                                                                                                                  scaping, a new pedestrian walkway that links

                                                                                                                                                  through the car-park leading into the town

                                                                                                                                                  centre, (this was a key objectives of the Tho-

                                                                                                                                                  mastown Mobility Plan).Lastly  groundworks

                                                                                                                                                  infrastructure is now also in place to cater for
                                                                                                                                                  camper vans to park and access power on this

                                                                                                                                                  site.
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