'This work not only seeks to improve the physical environment but provides communities with the opportunity to have their say on local provisions.'
A contentious bonfire site at a North Belfast interface is to become a housing and retail development under new proposals.
Read more: MLA says Stormont ministers 'squandered' public money on court dispute over Belfast bonfire The proposals, which are subject to ongoing engagement with the Housing Executive and economic development agency Invest NI, are part of a wider consultation aimed at improving the Duncairn Gardens area.
Announcing the consultation, it said: "This work not only seeks to improve the physical environment but provides communities with the opportunity to have their say on local provisions. It followed the Department for Infrastructure securing an "abandonment order" for the disused street. But unionist politicians rejected this, insisting the pyre was an expression of culture and accusing nationalist leaders of raising tensions.
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