by Roger Donnelly
A Coleraine Councillor is pleading for local councils to be given regeneration powers, to stimulate the local economy.
Councillor William McCandless has placed a motion before Causeway Coast and Glens Council, calling on the Secretary of State to make the move.
COUNCILLOR WM McCANDLESS
The Councillor says he's frustrated that almost five months on from the Assembly election, there's still no functioning government.
Plans to transfer regeneration powers from Stormont to councils, were put on hold indefinitely in November 2015.
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