The North Quay infrastructural works have continued to make good progress over the summer months. We appreciate the added potential for the project roadworks to cause disruption as people return to daily routines, particularly with school’s returning. While the current arrangements will not be changing in the coming weeks, in this newsletter we want to …Read More
A significant milestone was reached in the progress of the Sustainable Transport Bridge this week as BAMs construction barge ‘Skerchi’ was towed into place to commence piling works for the four bridge pier foundations. The piers require construction of a cofferdam, a watertight enclosure to allow construction work below the waterline. The cofferdams …Read More
As part of the Waterford Public Infrastructure Project, phase 1 traffic management measures will be installed on Dock Road, Ferrybank, Waterford, starting the week commencing 17th July 2023 for an eight-week period. The traffic management will be located to the east of the old Ard Rí Hotel entrance and will consist of the lanes …Read More
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North Quays is one of the top ten projects included in the National Planning Framework (NPF) “Ireland 2040”. Its ambition is to enable Waterford to become a regional city of scale, leading the economic development for the South East and expanding and enhancing the local economy to realise the potential of the City and the region as a whole. The development, earmarked SDZ and already beneficiary of allocated public support, is anticipated to combine commercially attractive asset classes such as the life sciences, social and senior housing, health care, university services, office and retail.
Warranted by its growing role as Ireland’s south eastern regional capital, Waterford is well placed to implement a zero carbon, socially inclusive and environmentally astute mixed use real estate development.
In January 2016 Waterford City and County Council achieved Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) designation for the North Quays area of Waterford City, this acknowledges the area nationally as a key strategic site for economic and social development. The designation of this existing brown field riverside site in the heart of the City Centre allows for a holistic plan-led approach to development on the North Quays and a fast-track planning procedure.
In 2017 and in accordance with the Planning and Development Act 2000, a Draft Planning Scheme was prepared, setting out how the SDZ site is intended to be developed. In 2018, following a statutory consultation period, the Waterford North Quays Planning Scheme was adopted by Waterford City and County Council members.
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NORTH QUAYS will contribute to transform Waterford into a smart sustainable city by using information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social, environmental as well as cultural aspects.
North Quays features a well-pre planned public realm that will establish a community identity, enhance public safety, encourage private investment and allow citizens to embrace and celebrate their places and spaces. Committed allocation by Urban Regeneration Development Funding and National Transport Authority funding secures North Quays three key infrastructural elements :
