Additional €238,943 secured for Phase Two of Drumshanbo Food Enterprise Zone Development
Local councillor Enda McGloin has welcomed the additional funding
The Minister for Community and Rural Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has allocated an additional €238,943 from the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF) for the next phase of developing the old BFN food factory on Dowra Road, Drumshanbo.
Local Fine Gael Councillor, Enda McGloin has warmly welcomed the additional funding allocation which will meet additional costs due to building inflation.
The project seeks to develop phase two of the first addition to the Drumshanbo Food Enterprise Zone, the building of a two-storey extension to the vacant BFN food factory premises, delivering:
- 10 Food tech and innovation R&D units.
- 10 station shared food service laboratory suites.
- Food tech and innovation training laboratory.
- Research and development laboratory for occupation by anchor tenant.
- 28 station food stations for anchor tenant; and
- Third level access training facilities.
The first phase of the Dowra Road food plant is due to open within the next four months as construction work continues.
It is expected that an additional 20 jobs will be created on the site that is additional to the existing workforce at the ‘chef in the box’ company which is due to re-locate from the existing food hub at Carricknabrack.
"I want to again thanking Minister Humphreys for her allocation of the additional funding which brings the second phase development costs of the development at €3,811,292 representing a total Government investment of €3,049,034," concluded Cllr McGloin.