GSLP-Liberals-Manifesto-2019

THE MOUNT PROTECTION ACT
In order to ensure that a future
Government cannot hand The Mount
to developers without having to go
through Parliament, as was planned by
the GSD, we will protect The Mount
in law. We will protect the Mount
grounds, including the gardens and the
woodland, and its buildings.
NORTHERN DEFENCES
ADVENTURE PARK
Our work on the Northern Defences
will continue and will widen to
include a staged incorporation of the
Moorish Castle Keep and associated
structures. This will include areas with
zip lines, for adventure training and for
general recreation as well as providing
a scintillating tourist experience. The
whole area will be made accessible
by the addition of a lift approved by
the DPC. It will include a calisthenics
park.
HISTORIC WALL MAINTENANCE
We will provide for an ongoing
programme of cleaning and restoration
of our historic walls.
WWII TUNNELS
We will protect and open up as much
as possible aspects of heritage that
are often forgotten, such as our World
War II bunkers, and look into opening
up AROW Street on the east side as an
alternative route for pedestrians and
cyclists.
NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH
We will continue to support research
into our history, as well as our natural
history and heritage, including that
carried out by the Gibraltar National
Museum, the Botanic Gardens, the
Gorham’s Cave Complex World
Heritage Site and will continue to
support the world-renowned Calpe
Conference.
PUBLISHING OUR HERITAGE
We will provide support for
publications, and for establishing
collections on all aspects of Gibraltar’s
heritage, including its social and
cultural heritage.
HERITAGE ARTEFACTS
We will add to the list of schedules
buildings, monuments and artefacts, in
consultation with all stakeholders.
URBAN RENEWAL
We will continue to encourage urban
renewal, which will include working
with landlords and NGOs to improve
conditions in the Upper Town.
URBAN RENEWAL CONTINUED
We will undertake renewal and
beautification projects in and around
urban areas, such as at Governor’s
Parade and Willis’s Road.
STREET ART
We will continue to roll out our
Street Art programme, enhancing and
beautifying many areas of Gibraltar in
a way that will, in the future, become
a feature of our city. Our programme
will result in an Upper Town that will
be attractive, full of life, and a centre
for recreation and tourist interest.
MUSEUM OF THE GIBRALTARIAN
We will establish a combined archive/
museum of Gibraltarian identity at
Duke of Kent House area where we
will have permanent exhibitions on
the Evacuation, Referendum, border
closure etc.
NAVAL & MILITARY HISTORY
MUSEUM
We will create a Naval and Military
History Museum in the old Fortress
Headquarters overlooking the historic
Rosia Bay which is about to be handed
back to the Government of Gibraltar
as part of the arrangements agreed
by the GSLP Liberal Government with
the MOD. We will not allow this site to
be taken over by developers. We will
use this building, as is, to house a new
military museum. The site is perfect
as it overlooks the bay where the first
Royal Marine came ashore in Gibraltar
and where Nelson set sail aboard HMS
Victory to the Battle of Trafalgar, and
where his dead body was returned.
The museum will be known as ‘The
Gibraltar Museum of Naval & Military
History’. It will be a new tourist
attraction also, alongside the existing
100 Ton Gun exhibit.
#GREENGIBRALTAR
SIX NEW GARDENS AND GREEN
AREAS
We will continue to provide new green
areas for the community to enjoy.
In addition to the new Mount Park
and the Northern Defences Park, we
will develop a green corridor along
Queensway and the City Walls to
connect with Commonwealth Park
and the new Midtown Park which is
already under construction.
MATURE COMMONWEALTH PARK
We have already delivered a massive
change to Queensway by the
development of Commonwealth Park
where the GSD was going to add more
office towers. Commonwealth Park
has been a great addition to our city
and to the lives of our young children
in particular.
NEW MIDTOWN PARK
We have now added the new Midtown
Park area which continues the park
area to the northern side of the Kings
Bastion Leisure Centre, south of the
much reduced Midtown Development.
This will be an area for the Cross of
Sacrifice and for additional green and
recreational areas. This will include
screens for outdoor movies, like the
‘Movies In The Park’ concept which
we started at Commonwealth Park but
had to be discontinued as a result of
damage to the lawn areas.
NEW QUEENSWAY
CITY WALL PARKS
In order to further enhance
Queensway and to bring more green
areas to our city, we will relocate the
parking areas of Romney Huts and
the are of The Sails parking in front of
the City Walls and turn these also into
green park land. That will mean that in
the time we have been in office we will
have turned most of the eastern side
of Queensway into a park. This helps
the fight against pollution, it provides
more green areas for our children and
it promotes a healthier lifestyle.
NEW GRAND PARK
We have considered the
representations of the Heritage
Trust, the Gibraltar Ornithological
and Natural History Society and the
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