Construction work is to start to develop a new play area in Brandywell, Co L'Derry.

The Brandywell Recycling Centre is to close on Friday, 17 February, to make way for the work to begin at the end of this month.

The work, which is expected to start at the end of February,

Head of Environment with Derry City and Strabane District Council, Conor Canning, said: "We are moving into the construction phase for the planned play park at the Brandywell and the contractor is due on site at the end of February. To facilitate this we will be closing the Brandywell Recycling Centre this Friday, 17 of February. We have been actively encouraging users in the weeks running up to the closure, to use our other existing recycling sites across the Council area.

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"In addition to having our state of the art and enhanced recycling facility at Pennyburn, which opened last year, we have a range of facilities throughout the city and district that are designed to cope with recycling needs for many years to come. We will be actively encouraging residents across the Council region to use these facilities to reduce, reuse and recycle."

Frank Morrison, Head of Capital Development and Building Control with Derry City and Strabane District Council, said the development of the new play park represents an investment of around £600,000 by the Council and the Executive Office's Social Investment Fund, and will mark a significant boost for the Brandywell region.

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