Radical blueprint for Limerick's renewal unveiled to main players

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2007 / July 12

Limerick city is decaying and is being abandoned in the belief that there is a better quality of life available in the suburbs, according to the authors of a radical new plan for the city. Plans for a "new Limerick", with a population of 150,000, were unveiled yesterday to a gathering of some of the city's public and private sector players. The meeting was organised by EML architects who undertook to produce a blueprint on how to transform Limerick into a dynamic European city by 2020. The blueprint, Opportunities for Urban Development, Where to Next? includes a number of radical changes for Limerick including the demolition of the city's first pedestrianised shopping area on Cruises Street in order to make way for redevelopment that would bring 24-hour life back to the city centre.

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