Case study ⇢ MEDC City Belfast - Titanic Quarter

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.