Limerick City and County councillors have voted to increase the Local Property Tax by 7.5 percent for 2020.

This increase will create an additional €1.15 million, which has been ring fenced for new plant machinery, and urban and rural renewal across the county.

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The funds will be spent on new plant machinery for the upkeep of Limerick's roads including two velocity patchers, a telehandler, four lorries which can be adapted for use as salt and grit spreaders during the winter months, three road sweepers and tar sprayers.

Extra funding will also be provided to tackle dereliction and vacancies, public realm improvements and matching funding required for large scale transformational regeneration projects under the URDF and RRDF government schemes.

(CM/MH)