The Belfast Waterfront holds a key to delivering the city’s goals to move towards a net-zero-city over time. Specifically, the waterfront can help reduce existing lifestyle-carbon by:
- Create more walkable and cyclable urban districts at the waterfront
- Connecting multiple urban neighbourhoods with the waterfront promenade
- Building new bridges across the River Lagan to create new connections
- Accessibility improvements between the city centre and the waterfront
- New recreational use by the waterfront serving all Belfast communities
The focus on the type and quality of development of residential and commercial space further can help to deliver the circular economy goals of Northern Ireland by:
- Delivery of quality residential space with access to the waterfront
- Homes with all types of tenures to create balanced communities
- Commercial space designed for privileged waterfront location; and giving something back to the public in exchange
- Reducing negative impact of private motorised transportation with well-designed car parking, streets and a traffic-calmed waterfront promenade.
