Feedback sought on 25-year vision for Carlisle
Plotting a course for the city’s future over the next quarter-century, Cumberland Council wants to hear from stakeholders to further shape how it guides development.
The local authority said that, from earlier phases of consultation with community and stakeholders, the masterplan as it stands sets out a vision and a strategy for Carlisle that considers economic, social and environmental aspects of the city.
This document proposes a wide range of potential projects of varying scale and complexity, which will help to deliver the vision over the lifespan of the plan.
Broadly, two separate strands are included: the wider city, looking at strategic growth areas and connections; and the city centre, focusing on regeneration and placemaking
Cumberland said: “Carlisle has benefited from an ongoing process of regeneration with recent investments of over £300m, bringing significant enhancements to the city.
“All of the proposals in the masterplan will require further detailed feasibility assessment and design prior to being confirmed and delivered.”
In the city centre, much focus has been on the two-phase southern gateway project to improve the areas around Carlisle’s Citadel station, while on the commercial side, recent developments coming forward include a £12m Premier Inn at West Walls.
As for the wider city, much hope is pinned on the Carlisle Southern Link Road, opened on 12 June. This £260m five-mile highway links the M6 to the A595, and is expected to open up development opportunities such as St Cuthbert’s Garden Village.
Mott MacDonald is working with the council on the consultation, which is open until 31 July.
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By G J Kitchener
Our city centre is supposed to be an improvement, I think it beggars belief how much tax payers money is wasted
By Anonymous
Obviously the last plan failed judging by the empty buildings and shops in town
Building more houses without infrastructure to cope. GPS overrun hospitals overrun buses utter shambles need I carry on
By Cliff
What’s the point of looking at a 25 year vision when all the work in the city center is for empty shops and the council has announced it going to be in major debt over the next 3 years, are all the residents going to foot that bill? Surely it would be more sensible to try and get the books into the black and stop dreaming about something 25 years down the road, that problem never come to fruitation.
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