Liveable City Centres by Andy Salkeld

Liveable City Centres
Andy Salkeld – Cycling Co-ordinator
Cycle Campaign Conference – Leeds – May 2014
Leicester
LTP Counts – Cycling
Liveable City Centres
Belgrave Carr’s Factory (1935)
Bede Island (1949)
Clock Tower (1950’s)
Mary, Mungo & Midge
Traffic Plan (1964)
Ideas for ‘Modern’ Leicester
St Nicholas Circle
‘Paternoster Planning’
‘Planning for People Not Cars’
‘Connecting Leicester’ Projects
Yellow – completed May 2011
Red – completed November 2013
Blue – planned 2014/15 onwards
Completed
Completed
Underway – Jubilee Square
Underway – Jubilee Square
Underway – Cathedral Sq. & RIII Museum
Underway – Cathedral Square
Underway - Market Square
P ro p os ed Vi ew o f N e w P ub l ic S q u ar e
An opportunity to activate the west façade of the Corn Exchange could be realised providing well
orientated bar and restaurant space, with views over the new square and reinstated listed buildings.
Further commercial opportunities could be realised across the square, framing the public space and
increasing economic activity.
Proposed Food Hall view from Market Place
This early illustration demonstrates how the sensitive form of the roof connects the scale of the
Underway – Market Square
Challenges & Opportunities
Citywide Network
Mainstreaming
Employment & Economy
Roadspace Reallocation – The Newarke
Roadspace Reallocation – The Newarke
Roadspace Reallocation – New Projects
Contact : [email protected]
Liveable City Centres – Questions ?