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Newry City Centre Strategic Development Framework March 2004 Converting Weaknesses to Strengths (continued) WEAKNESSES ACTION - Lack of entertainment for elderly people linked to unsafe night time environment. Anti-social behaviour - Commission the preparation of a lighting strategy for the main streets and key buildings within the city centre and secure grants for lighting of key buildings - Introduce CCTV into the central area - Through zoning in the Area Plan, promote the clustering of evening entertainment in districts with the city centre so that there are no such uses sited in isolation - No major tourism attraction - Explore the feasibility of a stadium - Explore the feasibility of a marina in the Albert Basin in conjunction with the redevelopment of the Albert Basin site. - Ensure proper links between the Bagnals Castle development and the city centre - No public square or events area - Create civic spaces at a number of key sites round the city centre – Cathedral Square; Linear Park from St Colmans Park, via St Marys Church to the river (including bridge link through St Marys Street to the Buttercrane); major events venue in the central park centre on the current bus depot site; minor events space in coal yard site to the rear of the arts centre with a link to the Town Hall. - Consider a phased approach to the pedestrianisation of Hill Street and the creation of Marcus Square and Margaret Square as formal civic spaces - Not enough car parking at certain key locations - Poor traffic management and enforcement - Develop a parking strategy that creates a necklace of car parks around the central area - Develop multi storey parking on existing car parks at Lower Water Street, Sugar House Quay and to the rear of the telephone exchange - Promote the development of new multi storey car parks to the rear of Merchants Quay and North Street site as part of redevelopment of these sites - Incorporate all new multi storey car parks into new commercial development and ensure that the car park fits with the streetscape. New parking should be of a high standard that provides adequate width between bays. - Limit current surface parking on significant sites such as in the central area – gradually remove this as provision of multi storey alternatives increases - Create strong visual and physical pedestrian links between the car parks and the shopping and office areas to include signage and surface treatments - Improve signage to car parks from main routes into and through the city centre. Signs should indicate direction to “Shopping Car Parks” and not names of streets - Consideration should be given to replacing parallel parking on the east side of Merchants’ Quay between Francis Street and Monaghan Street with diagonal parking to provide additional parking capacity - Introduce time restrictions in those areas where there is none - Introduce charging at key locations where there is pressure for parking - Ensure a commitment to enforcing parking restrictions - Traffic Congestion - Maintain Abbey Way as the main route through the city and ensure ease of flow - The effects of parallel on-street parking along Abbey Way should be monitored to assess the effects on carriageway capacity, with a view to enforced parking restrictions being applied before the impact of these parked vehicles significantly affects traffic flows, including in particular operating conditions at the junctions along the route - Remove traffic from River Street - Investigate the effects of replacing the existing roundabouts at Boat Street and Kilmorey Street with a linked traffic signal control system, linking to the existing Bridge Street/ Buttercrane Quay signalised junction - Introduce a pedestrian phase into the proposed signalised junctions at Boat Street and Kilmorey Street - Consider improved signage and alternative points of access to The Quays car park from Albert Basin/Fathom Line to assist in reducing traffic demand on Bridge Street - Explore the option of moving the bus depot from the central area to an edge of centre site so as to reduce congestion caused by large vehicles on Merchants Quay. Ferguson McIlveen in association with Mentor and Scott Wilson Page No. 10
Newry City Centre Strategic Development Framework March 2004 Converting Weaknesses to Strengths (continued) WEAKNESSES ACTION - No provision for cycling – both cycle routes and parking - Finding way around is difficult, linkages are poor and parking is poor and illegible - Widen the footpath on Merchants’ Quay in conjunction with the revision of on-street parking arrangements to provide an opportunity for better cycle and pedestrian links from Albert Basin to Sugar Island. - Provide new cycling facilities in conjunction with the redevelopment of the central area - Investigate opportunities for increasing the operating capacity at the signalised junction for the Buttercrane Centre and The Quays and allocate any additional green time to pedestrian movements to support sustainable transport initiatives - A new pedestrian footbridge should be provided across the Newry Canal to improve linkages between Merchants’ Quay and the bus station area and ultimately the Marcus Square area via Marcus Street, with an associated pelican crossing on Merchants’ Quay to provide a safe crossing point for pedestrians - Consideration should be given to the provision of additional pelican crossing on the Mall if justified by demand or road safety concerns - A new pedestrian footbridge should be provided across the Newry River adjacent to the existing footbridge over the Newry Canal to improve linkages between Buttercrane Quay and St Mary’s Street Ferguson McIlveen in association with Mentor and Scott Wilson Page No. 11
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