Limerick improvement projects

Whats out of character for it ? Its a main road through the entire city with a huge varity of building types , I've mentioned other "out of character" building on this route which seemed to be ignored.

on a different note

anyone see the retractable canopys they installed on wexford somewhere , something like that would be great for cruises street

Also was recently in dublin and cork and one thing that really stood out for the 1st time ever to me was the lack of bigger retail units in the city , I'm fine with cruises street as is as i think we need small units but all these towns/citys have shops that mostly require larger footprints that we dont seem to have or any scope for (even our penneys is quite small and is one of the larger units in town, I love our Georgian buildings but they do stiffle some development in town somewhat , is there any large retail units going into opera centre ,sorry cant remember if it included any retail ?

That to me is the main difference. To me that just looks out of place.

That's a huge investment, you'd need to buy nearly every 2-storey building in the city.

Monck St. in Wexford appears to be a hospitality street so closer to what we have done on Thomas St. and won't do much for a retail street that already has high footfall.

The kind of places that move into big units tend to only do so in bigger cities where you can't just pop a single shop with much lower rents on a ring road to serve the whole city. Ide love to know if it's possible to join some of the smaller Cruises St. units into bigger ones which could help.

The decision was thrown out by the high court because due process wasn't followed by An Bord Pleanala and the council planning department. The real joke is that despite all the money we pay these public bodies they can't get it right

I really doubt it will be ready for Christmas which is only 12 working days away. There is a lot done but almost everything has to be done before builders will sign it over.

I dont think so. I passed through last night and the bus station is still being worked on. I’d say it will be completed in January. Lots of electric works to be done by the signs of it including competing installation of LED information signs at bus bays, line painting and installation of street furniture inside and outside. Not to mention that when the buses move over to their new home, the existing bus bays will have to be reconfigured to a new parking area for the public.

The fact you misinterpret a very basic comment and think I'm comparing Limerick to Spanish tourist towns is laughable.

What was the reason for moving the bus station from one side of the train station to the other?

Limerick's really booming right now.

In just over a year the Opera site will be finished.

It will interesting to see what multinationals it can attract.

I'd imagine Limerick would be very attractive for people to relocate to if a steady stream of new homes can be developed.

Greenpark racecourse housing have started construction. If Colbert Quarter and Cleeves site could start after the Opera site it would be great.

On a smaller scale it's nice to see the junction facing the main gate of people's park being improved. The pedestrian crossing onto Pery square has been needed for a long time.

It would be good to see more of this rolled out across the inner city.