Public engagement event to be held for Cleeves Riverside Quarter

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The future potential of the Cleeves Riverside Quarter site and its role as another key enabler of the ongoing positive transformation in Limerick will be up for public consideration on Tuesday 13th December 2022 in the latest round of public engagement on the project.

Limerick Twenty Thirty, which is developing the site, will, as part of its ongoing public engagement programme around the future of the project, host an event at the Flaxmill building from 3pm to 7pm on Tuesday. This will be the final information session on the site ahead of public engagement on the masterplan for the project in the New Year.

A series of information boards will be on display at the site for the day, showcasing its heritage and detailing the approach to the development of its masterplan, existing site constraints, its place and connectivity within the city, as well as exploring potential development options. Limerick Twenty Thirty is inviting the public to make observations for the site by emailing info@limerick2030.ie.

The site is now zoned ‘City Centre’ in the new Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, meaning it is suitable for commercial, retail, educational, leisure, residential, social and community uses and facilities. Included in the plans are for up to 250 residential units within lifetime of the current Development Plan to 2028.

The Cleeves Riverside Quarter has already been granted €35m under Urban Regeneration Development Fund (URDF) as part of the €73.4 million world-class waterfront development that will see Cleeves linked by a pedestrian bridge to the city centre.

The objectives set out in the Limerick Development Plan for the Cleeves Riverside Quarter include the implementation of a high-quality urban design solution with a mix of uses, including residential, commercial, tourism/ancillary retail and amenities connecting to the city core. The objectives also highlight the importance of respecting the significant historic buildings, enabling the potential for greater height and density, while creating a landmark city gateway.

The Development Plan objectives also provide for the integration of the historic buildings and industrial heritage of significance, protection of key features of historical merit and implementation of conservation principals to assist in the appropriate management of protected structures in a way that facilitates the practical regeneration and reuse of the site.

There will also be a strong emphasis on permeability of the public realm by removing existing barriers to and within the site, through initiatives including public access, walking and cycling networks; enhanced streetscape and legibility; removal of sections of the existing Cleeves wall and improving road and traffic circulation.

The site will enhance the legibility of the natural and built environment and landscape and connections between place and and space, whilst ensuring delivery of a high-quality public realm that relates and links to the City core and the River Shannon. Likewise, they will identify and enhance natural heritage areas and features, particularly where opportunities exist to improve biodiversity and provide quality public realm.

Finally, the updated Development Plan objectives support sustainable modes of transport and use of the public realm. They facilitate a holistically sustainable and low carbon development that is energy efficient and future proofed for a changing climate, as well as promote a site-specific approach, reflecting emerging best practice, in addressing flood risk and in the adaptation of protected structures and buildings of significance.

Limerick Twenty Thirty CEO David Conway said: “While much of the focus publicly is understandably on the Opera Square site, which will advance to construction in the New Year, we’re also at a very exciting period for the Cleeves Riverside Quarter site. This is a landmark development for Limerick and of such significance that it’s essential we give the public as much information as possible. We will be presenting our masterplan in the New Year, and this is a chance for the public to get an understanding of the scale of the site, its heritage and its place and role in the emerging Limerick.”

The public can make observations by email at: info@limerick2030.ie.

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