DEPUTY First Minister Martin McGuinness had predicted the old British Army barracks in Ballykelly will be the site of ‘thousands of jobs’ in the years ahead.
He was speaking as Minister Michelle O’Neill oversaw demolition work at the site ahead of a move of 700 civil servants in her Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Mr McGuinness said the land at Shackleton would be available to private sector companies some of which had already expressed an interest in going there.
This would benefit the whole North West.
“We’re now seeing the demolition of former military buildings and we will very soon see jobs within the construction sector, people here effectively building the headquarters for an entire government department which will be relocated from Belfast to the north west,” said Mr McGuinness.
“We have had over 40 other expressions of interest in this site, some of those are some of the most exciting prospects for jobs that I have heard.
“I have no doubt that we are going to create thousands of new jobs on this site which will be of immense benefit for people in Derry city, Limavady and Coleraine. This is a very exciting project.”
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