An Inquiry into the New City

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An Inquiry into the New City

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Location

Lurgan

Year

1966

Date

Production 17/03/1966

Length

25sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Mr Porter QC presides over an inquiry into the New City – Craigavon – in Lurgan Town Hall. Here he is acknowledging the representatives of the various interested parties. There were at least 120 objectors to the plan to build the new city, mostly farmers in the area who were being asked to sell up their land. 

Notes

The ‘new town’ of Craigavon, situated between Lurgan and Portadown, was created after the ‘Belfast regional survey and plan’ report written by Sir Robert Matthew was presented to the Northern Ireland government in 1963. Sir Robert proposed the creation of the town to accommodate a growing population and to encourage people to move out of over-crowded areas of Belfast.  

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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