Bristol City Council have recently announced plans to support the development of one of the city's oldest and most beautiful city centre neighbourhoods, defining the area around Corn Street and Claire Street as a bustling market and leisure destination.
The City Design Group has developed an initial scoping strategy, including a proffered approach to provide a "high quality pedestrian connection between the shopping quarter, Harbourside and the West End and to realise the potential of the historic core". Councillor Anthony Negus, Executive Member for Housing, Property and Regeneration, said: "A rethink for our Old City neighbourhood is long overdue. It is home to some of Europe’s most beautiful old buildings and is steeped in history. Many unique shops, cafes and stalls have sprung up in the neighbourhood and we want complement the creative and original thinking by radically improving the street scene and pedestrian access."
Priorities for work include:
- A decluttering programme, aimed at reducing the impact of trade waste and signage
- Build on the established success of St Nicholas markets
- Reinforce and redesign the main pedestrian route
- Use road closures to develop regular programmes of markets and events to animate and raise the profile of the area
- Review options to remove parking from Corn Street and Clare Street to enable outdoor uses for frontage businesses
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