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Appendix 3 : The Surveys of Shopping Patterns
Table 7 Is There Anything You Particularly Dislike About This Centre?
Mahon Point City Centre
No of respondents 402 594
% %
No reply 9.2 7.9
Nothing 60.3 22.6
Inconvenient to get to 4.4 2.9
Poor public transport 0.7 9.5
Inadequate car parking 1.6 22.8
Expensive car parking 0.0 45.2
Poor quality shops 0.9 1.2
Lack of particular type of shop 20.6 5.6
Lack of leisure facilities 0.9 2.8
UNpleasant shopping environment 2.6 6.6
Poor standard of cleanliness 0.0 6.7
Unsafe/ threatening environment 0.0 1.9
Beggars/ vagrants 0.0 8.1
Traffic congestion 0.0 4.5
Total percentage 101.2 148.3
18 When criticisms were made they mainly related to car parking in the city Centre. Most of these
complaints were about the cost of parking but there were some worries about the quantity of
parking. By contrast, Mahon Point is amply provided with free parking but there were a few
complaints that probably relate to weekend conditions, when parking can overflow onto the
distributor roads.
19 Smaller percentages criticised the physical and social environment of the City centre, including
poor cleanliness, traffic congestion, beggars and vagrants. Mahon Point was largely free of such
criticisms; instead the main complaint related to the absence of particular shops – M&S, Dunnes
and Penneys being frequently mentioned.
Table 8 Do You Have Any Suggestions For Improving This Centre?
Mahon Point City Centre
No of respondents 402 594
% %
No reply/nothing 43.8 29.5
More/ better park & ride 0.0 23.6
Make the centre eaier to get to 0.7 9.2
Provide more parking 1.3 24.5
More shops 6.6 2.9
Better range of shops 14.7 17.7
Provide specific shop 34.7 14.6
Provide particular leisure facil 5.4 3.0
Improve street cleanliness 0.0 5.0
Pedestrianise particular Street 0.0 13.8
Pedestrianise St Patrick Street 0.0 7.7
Improve pedestrian environment 0.8 8.2
Total percentage 108.0 159.7
20 On suggestions for improving the centres (Table 4.8) there were many respondents who did not
voice a proposal – 44% at Mahon Point and 30% in the City centre. At Mahon Point the
suggestions mirrored the criticisms of Table 4.7, relating to provision of particular shops or,
more generally, a wider range of shops. The City centre was not free of such proposals but the
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