6. PRIORITY PROJECTS
Figure 25: Sketch plan showing indicative arrangement for southern gateway space along Shandon Street.
SOUTHERN GATEWAY SPACE 1. Focal Feature: Introduce a new focal feature, such as public art with seating, to encourage people to linger and enjoy the space. Ensure the feature can be temporarily removed for future Drainage Area Plan works. Allocate space for an annual Christmas tree. 2. Junction Redesign : Redesign the junction to create a narrower east-west crossing, reallocating road space to footway space adjacent to ground floor units on the western edge. 3. Greening the Entry: Plant new trees and install raised planters to create a green corridor along Shandon Street, also helping to prevent illegal pavement parking. Combine with new uplighting to create a welcoming evening environment. Ensure vertical features do not impact the operation of O’Connor’s Funeral Homes. 4. Commercial Seating: Use new raised planters to frame outdoor commercial seating adjacent to The Friary. 5. Southern End of Brown’s Hill: Enhance Brown’s Hill and the space at its southern end by incorporating new seating, planting, and feature lighting. 6. Road Corridor Review: Review opportunities to narrow the road corridor to address footway pinch points where widths reduce to 1.5 meters. 7. Abbey Square Link: Investigate the potential to create a link to Abbey Square to increase foot traffic along North Abbey Street. Additionally, enhance CCTV coverage to help deter anti-social behaviour. 8. Review of Parking: Review parking provision and behaviour, establish a period of regular enforcement of restrictions, encourage use of parking provision south along North Mall and consider adjusting current parking provision to 15 minute limit.
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