Castle Street 'always gets left out', Sinn Féin says
Belfast Councillors say they are worried the local authority is "cancelling" Christmas in the city centre this year after civil servants announced there would be a 50 percent cut in the Christmas lights budget.
During Friday’s meeting of the council’s Strategic Policy and Resources Committee the director presented a map showing the cuts to the lighting. He said: “Costs have gone up across the board, labour costs, insurance costs, vehicle costs and so on. Sinn Féin Councillor Ciaran Beattie said: “We keep bringing up Castle Street, but it is always an area that gets left out.
“There is a very active Castle Street traders forum, who are also very vocal, and an issue with Christmas lights. When the lights first came in, they only went up about a hundred yards of Castle Street. “I understand there are budgetary constraints. But it looks like Belfast City Council is going to cancel Christmas.” He proposed a paper reviewing the budget.
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