4. INTEGRATED URBAN STRATEGY
4.5 Additional Public Realm / Pocket Park Projects
4.4 Connection / Link Projects
K. Rejuvenating Old Market Place CHARACTER AREA: MARKETS Public Art and Greenery: Enhance Old Market Place with public art, permeable street surfaces, rain gardens, greenery, and consolidated parking. Incorporate historical references through interpretative signage and public realm design. Introduce pollinator planting to extend the Blarney Street Pollinator corridor. Pedestrian Accessibility: Improve pedestrian links between Cattle Market Avenue and the north-eastern corner of Old Market Place by widening footpaths and adding a new ramped link. Identify additional accessibility measures to integrate with current proposals for the Glen Ryan Road/Cattle Market Avenue corridor. Safer Junctions and Streets: Review junctions and movement corridors in the area with a view to the identification of improvements to safety and placemaking in accordance with best practise considering additional wayfinding for the local Rock Community Centre. Reuse of Industrial Buildings: Work with the derelict building team to explore reusing former industrial buildings on the infill site behind 393 Blarney Street. L. Eason’s Hill Green Spaces CHARACTER AREA: SCHOOL LANEWAYS Options for the transformation of existing hard landscaped areas along Eason’s Hill into greener, community-focused spaces with new play equipment, rain gardens, seating, vertical gardens/planting, and tree planting should be considered.
I. Pope’s Quay Public Realm Enhancements CHARACTER AREA: QUAYS Consolidate Parking: Improve the wide stretch of Pope’s Quay by consolidating parking. Add Seating and Greenery: Enhance the area with additional seating and greenery. Public Art and Feature Lighting: Incorporate public art or feature lighting to celebrate the historic and architectural significance of the buildings. Gated Play Area: Explore options for enhancing use of the gated play area adjacent to the entracnce to the Church. J. Shandon Bridge Public Realm Enhancements CHARACTER AREA: QUAYS Introduce Greenery: Add more greenery, rain gardens, and tree planting. Improve Surface Materials: Upgrade surface materials for a better aesthetic and functionality. Remove Road Markings and Traffic Wands: Clear unnecessary road markings and traffic wands. Create Outdoor Seating: Explore opportunities to create outdoor seating space by reducing or consolidating parking.
G. Enhancing Quayside Laneways CHARACTER AREA: QUAYSIDE LANEWAYS Lighting and Safety: Improve lighting, amenities, and safety of lanes off Pope’s Quay, especially Ferry Lane. Non-Slip Surfacing: Replace terracotta mono- block surfacing on Widderling Lane with non- slip materials. Murals and Outdoor Gallery: Identify walls or surfaces for additional murals, collaborating with local art collectives to create an outdoor gallery. Building Reuse: Work with heritage and derelict buildings teams to explore opportunities to bring buildings at the southern end of Ferry Lane into use. Restoration of Stone Walls: Remove cement render to reinstate stone rubble walls.
H. Reconnecting Shandon CHARACTER AREA: QUAYSIDE LANEWAYS, EASTERN GATEWAY, CATHEDRAL / ROMAN STREET AND INDUSTRIAL Wayfinding Measures: Explore opportunities to add value to the existing wayfinding strategy in terms of strengthening the east west connection in a historically sensitive way. Pedestrian Crossing: Install a new pedestrian crossing near the Dominick Street/Mulgrave Street junction to improve east-west movement, and explore expanding the footway to create a public space with planting and seating. Pedestrian and Cycle Improvements: Explore opportunities pedestrian and cycle enhancements along the Roman Road to Mulgrave Road corridor as part of a transport and mobility strategy for the area. Devonshire Street Enhancements: Improve the link between Devonshire Street and Mulgrave Street with new ramped access and consolidated parking. Place-making Measures: Collaborate with local artists to introduce place-making measures at the western end of Devonshire Street, including colourful murals and planting to create a vibrant entry point into Shandon.
“The Old Market Place Square could be turned into a no parking area and with more work done to it it could be restored to its former glory.”
“Improve spaces along Eason’s Hill”
“I’d like pedestrian crossings at the bottom of Mulgrave road/popes Quay and at the bottom of Dominick Street/ Mulgrave road.”
“Widderlings Lane, the gateway to Shandon, needs it’s beautiful red cobbles upgraded.”
M. Upper John Street Mural CHARACTER AREA: INDUSTRIAL
Commission a new community mural for the blank wall along Upper John Street, adjacent to the Heineken Plant.
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