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Local Government Act 1972
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT
ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 1972
LOUGH NEAGH AND
LOWER BANN DRAINAGE
AND NAVIGATION ACT
(NORTHERN IRELAND) 1955
THE WATER (NORTHERN
IRELAND) ORDER 1999
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR VESTING ORDER
ULSTER CANAL
RESTORATION PROJECT
PHASE 3.1 & 3.2
WATTLEBRIDGE TO
GORTNACARROW
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Waterways Ireland (“the
Body”) in pursuance of the provisions of the above Acts and
Order has applied to the Department for Infrastructure (“the
Department”) for an Order vesting certain lands in the
townlands of Annaghmore Glebe and Gortnacarrow,
Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh described in the
Schedule in the Body in accordance with and subject to the
provisions of the above Acts and Order.
The Body desires to acquire the said lands, otherwise than
by agreement for the purpose of the restoration of The
Ulster Canal Phases 3.1 & 3.2 which runs from Wattlebridge
to Gortnacarrow, Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh. A
copy of the application and a map of the lands proposed to
be acquired may be inspected, by appointment, during
office opening hours at the offices of Waterways Ireland, 2
Sligo Road, Enniskillen, BT74 7JY or by prior appointment
only at Department for Infrastructure, James House, Gas
Works Business Park, 2-4 Cromac Avenue, Belfast, BT7
2JA. An electronic copy may also be viewed online at
Waterways Ireland - Ulster Canal Restoration Project
Anyone who wishes to object to the proposed vesting order
being made must write to the Ulster Canal Project Lead,
Waterways Ireland, 2 Sligo Road, Enniskillen, BT74 7JY or
e-mail
ulstercanal@waterwaysireland.org
or write to the
Department for Infrastructure, James House, Gas Works
Business Park, 2 - 4 Cromac Avenue, Belfast, BT7 2JA on
or before the 18th day of June 2026, giving their reasons.
Information you provide in your response, including
personal information, could be published or disclosed under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) or the
Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR).
For information regarding the Departmental Privacy Notice
following the introduction of GDPR please go to the
following link
https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/
publications/gdpr-privacy-notices-dfi-business-areas or
phone the Data Protection Office on 028 90540540. For
further details on confidentiality and FOIA/EIR please refer
to
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