SDLP Back To Grass Roots

SDLP Back To Grass Roots

West-Tyrone SDLP MLA Joe Byrne has welcomed the return to ‘grass roots politics’ by the local SDLP Team in Strabane.

Joe Byrne said “In the past number of months my team and I have been working on the adoption process of Mount Carmel Heights. Unfortunately due to a series of various difficulties, this process is still on-going but we would hope that progress be made in the next few months. The SDLP Team have been in contact with residents on quite a few occasions now and many expressed their concern about the condition of the site, such as the upswept roads and long grass verges. The SDLP team believed that action was needed and have now solved a series of issues for the Mount Carmel Heights residents.”

“The largest number of complaints from the residents of the Mount Carmel Heights area involved the overgrown and un-kept grass verges which were blocking the view of the road and the area where children play daily.

“Your local SDLP team alongside the SDLP Youth decided at committee last week to carry out a clean-up project of the final unadopted phase of Mount Carmel Heights. Your SDLP Community team felt the grass needed cut coming into the winter months to tidy the area up and make it presentable again. We hope that the adoption of the site will be concluded in the next number of months and that the area will eventually be maintained by DRD Roads Service.  In the mean time we would appeal to all resident to take pride in Mount Carmel Heights and help in maintaining its appearance until such times as the adoption takes place. The community team headed of yesterday to cut the large grass area at the top of Mount Carmel Heights and speak with various residents around the area.

Joe Continued, I am also pleased to announce, following the continuous lobbying by the Strabane SDLP team that the Roads Sweepers have now started to sweep the final phase of Mount Carmel Heights. This party is back on the ground with the people of Strabane and will do all we can to make life that little bit easier during this already very difficult climate. I would to thank both the Strabane SDLP Senior Committee and the Strabane SDLP Youth Committee in the resolve they have shown to take it upon themselves to get this issue sorted.