With ILEX’s Regeneration Plan launched last week, the successful City of Culture bid, the public realm changes already underway and any number of other projects in the pipeline, the city is undergoing a major change. Unfortunately, as with any change of this ilk, we’ll only really know if we got it right at some point [...]
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ILEX unveils its plans for the City…
Sep 20th, 2010 by admin.The BBC carries a report of the regeneration plans for the city: It outlines the creation of over 12,500 jobs and the removal of traffic and parking from the city centre. It is hoped this will attract approximately £500m worth of investment into the local economy. The idea of removing traffic and parking from the city [...]
Colonising Derry’s Empty Commercial Spaces
Aug 4th, 2010 by Mark Nagurski.Take a quick stroll around the city centre (or anywhere else in the town for that matter) and you’ll be struck by just how many empty commercial spaces there are. The regeneration strategy for the city aims to add more, by (rightfully in my opinion) helping to restore many of the Georgian and Victorian buildings [...]
What about a train stop for the Airport?
Jul 8th, 2010 by Mick Fealty.One thing Translink could do to make the train more attractive than the bus (I cannot think of many places beyond the abysmal Derry to Belfast line where this is actually a problem) is upgrade the line from Coleraine. But I was stuck by a letter from Welshman David Gibbs (from Portrush) in yesterday’s Irish [...]
