The contract for the building of the city's long-awaited Newcastle Community Centre has been awarded to Burns Construction & Civil Engineering.
Works are now underway on the Moyola Park development which is supported by the Newcastle Combined Community Association and the Department of Rural and Community Development.
It will house a sports and general purpose hall, a café, welfare facilities, and dedicated meeting rooms.
External works include car parking and the creation of a park and sensory garden as well as a future astro-turf pitch.
The building is located beside the existing Croí building on Moyola Park Lane and the Community Centre is expected to be completed towards the end of next year.