Facelift for Drogheda’s Southgate junction

The roundabouts at the Southgate junction outside Drogheda are to receive major facelifts with a specially commissioned sculpture and biodiversity planting.

The Boyne Gateway Project is an exciting new initiative from local groups, businesses, and individuals in the East Meath area of Drogheda.

A group has come together in partnership with Drogheda Tidy Towns to enhance the area, while promoting its significance as an access point to Drogheda and The Boyne Valley.

The project centres around commissioning a unique sculpture piece on the roundabouts at the Southgate Shopping Centre. This sculpture piece will capture the essence of Southgate as the gateway to the beautiful and mythical Boyne Valley and the historic walled and gated town of Drogheda. The work will also include a biodiversity planting scheme for the junction

"We are very excited about this project and look forward to it being a notable and pleasing enhancement to the local area as well as the wider region," says Gerry Leydon, chair Drogheda Tidy Towns. He explains that the project has evolved from some of the work and connections created in 2022 with the Louth Meath Drogheda Spring clean initiative led by then Cathaoirleach of Laytown and Bettystown Municipal District, Cllr Elaine McGinty.

This project builds on that work and involves important coordination of Meath and Louth local authorities and related community groups. The group driving this work includes Drogheda Tidy Towns, local resident representatives, the Director of Droichead Arts Centre and Cllr McGinty.

A commission brief has been developed and the group will shortly be issuing the brief, seeking expressions of interest from artists.