SDLP Strabane Councillor
Patsy Kelly, in welcoming the enterprise zone announced in Coleraine, said the
initiative should be opened up and rolled out in other areas of the north.
Cllr Kelly said Strabane Council was broadly
in agreement on the matter and would be writing to the Northern Ireland Office
asking if a similar project could be set up in Strabane.
He said: “The council is in broad agreement
that an enterprise zone in Strabane would be extremely beneficial for the town
and indeed the wider northwest area.
“This is an area that has suffered years of
chronic under-investment and is crying out for enterprise initiatives that seek
to attract inward investment.
“Over the next number of
years we need to be seriously looking at how the North West competes with other
areas and other regions. If you look across the water in the UK, the Chancellor
has been keen to create regional development hotspots throughout England.
“There is no reason why
multiple enterprise zones cannot be set up here in the north.”
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