Around £56,000 has been made available for an Entrance Feature Project in the Ballee area of Ballymena.

This project involves the provision of one distinctive entrance feature into the Ballee estate and the erection of seven smaller scale features to define each of the disparate areas within the estate.

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Announcing the funding, NI Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie said: "The improvement of social conditions in our most deprived neighbourhoods is essential to the creation of safer environments and shared futures for the local people who live there.

"Our communities and local people are the lifeblood of our towns and cities. By funding projects like this one, we are encouraging local communities to thrive and be proud of where they live."

(PR/BMcC)