Thursday market in Magherafelt moving to Rainey Street car park during town works

Contractors have broken ground on the Â£1.9M public realm investment in Magherafelt.

By The Newsroom

Published 19th Mar 2016, 09:09 BST

Updated 19th Mar 2016, 09:39 BST

Work to enhance the town with new paving, lighting, street furniture, signage and planting has begun in Market Street and is being funded by Mid Ulster District Council and the Department for Social Development (DSD).

The public realm works will be carried out in The Diamond and connecting streets including Market Street, Rainey Street, Broad Street and Queen Street.

The contractor, FP McCann, has a dedicated public liaison officer for the Magherafelt scheme who is Eileen Dempsey, Tel: 07730 067653 and a 24hr site contact number, Tel: 028 7954 9090 (option3), E: [email protected].

The Thursday market which normally takes place in the Diamond and will now be held in Rainey Street car park for the duration of the public realm work. Visit www.midulstercouncil.org/magherafeltpublicrealm.

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