Giro d'Italia: Money goes to clean Belfast roads
More money is to be used to tidy up the route of the Giro d'Italia cycle race in Northern Ireland.
Three stages of the race are to take place in Northern Ireland between 9 and 11 May.
The Department for Social Development is to spend £330,000 to improve derelict sites on three main roads on the Belfast part of the route.
They are the Shore Road in north Belfast, the Newtownards Road in the east and the Ormeau Road in the south.
Other areas have previously benefited from funding.
Last year's Giro was broadcast in 165 countries, with an estimated global audience of 775m people.
The three stages that will start in Northern Ireland are:
Friday 9 May - Team time trial from Belfast city centre to Stormont and back
Saturday 10 May - Belfast to Causeway Coast and back
Sunday 11 May - Armagh to Dublin
The Belfast stages are expected to start in the Titanic Quarter and finish at the city hall.