Work on the second phase of a housing project in Cork has been completed.

Cork County Council's turnkey housing scheme in Castletreasure, Douglas, includes 16 dwellings which forms Phase 2 of the development.

The project is the first to be delivered since the Council embarked, in 2015, on a turnkey project to deliver new social housing in conjunction with the private sector, at various locations across the county.

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The development, which is located on an unfinished housing site within Green Valley Estate, is being built in three phases at a total cost of €9.3 million.

It is part of the Council's delivery programme under Rebuilding Ireland, the Government's Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness and is funded by the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government.

Cllr Derry Canty said: "Initiatives such as this scheme allow Cork County Council to provide social housing in an inclusive and innovative manner by engaging the private sector to deliver social housing while operating in tandem with traditional social housing construction processes to maximise output. Turnkey housing of this nature engages the market, stimulates the local economy and creates local construction activity and jobs."

(CD/LM)