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Housing
PLAN ⇢ 500 dwellings - mostly apartments and town houses - should provide residential accommodation for up to 20,000 people.
At present only 474 luxury apartments have been built. The main reason was due to the Northern Irish housing market collapsing just at the launch.
Employment Opportunities
Development cost £7 billion and is expected to create at least 25,000 jobs over 15 years.
Such as, November 2010 ⇢ Premier Inn - 40 jobs, - Belfast Audi -115 jobs.
These jobs require skills, new qualifications and new employees - improve diversity of the area.
Transport
New dedicated bus service - rapid transport systems to be developed in future.
Walkways and cycle paths will be implemented to help reduce congestion.
Titanic Quarter is very close to the CBD so it is easily accessible for work - 20-minute walk from the city centre.
Environment
Soil redemption ⇢ land that has been contaminated by the ship building has been restored.
Green spaces and open spaces have been created for the public.
New bus ways, walkways, cycle paths are being introduced to - reduce congestion/create an area that is easy to live/work in.
In the future, it is hoped that further green technologies will be explored to increase the amount of energy from alternative sources.
