Waterford North Quays

Plan? Waterford Council?

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Didn't she have a convicted sex offender or someone campaigning for her during the last election? And wasn't she caught rotten laughing on Facebook at people who brought it up?

She is a party first woman this is the problem. Waterford should come first! for example the boundary extension saga she was against it. FF didn't want to upset anyone in Kilkenny, so she went with the party line!

just spotted this, its great to see the whole idea hasnt died, the whole north and south quays have incredible potential

i suspect ppp's could well be the only way forward, markets are too volatile at the moment, developers need some sort of state supports, in order to get the job done, but i do agree with the south quays, the car parks have to go...

Once the bridge is done it opens up the whole site with a quick access direct into the city centre in minutes, this is very attractive from a developer's perspective. Train station move is just as important. We cant accept dereliction in our city centre anymore. Carparks for sure need to go!

The view of the retailers and hoteliers that line the quay would be very different. They regard having close by Parking as the ‘life blood 🩸’ of their operations. If all the parking (not sure exactly how many spaces there are but there must be at least 500) was removed over night there Would probably be cries of ‘council again decimates local businesses’ and makes it more difficult for the public to access shops, hotels, restaurants etc……similar to the perceived ‘mess’ that was made of the quay by reducing it to one lane. I’d be all for removing as much parking from quays as is practically possible but there would no doubt be a negative ‘kick back’ from some

There is no shortage of parking in Waterford lets be honest, we have City Square, Railway Square, Bolton St, Gasworks, the closed Newgate multi storey. Problem is people want to park outside the shop. I think everyone accepts now the carparks on the Quays have to go. North Quays form a huge part in Waterford becoming an actual riverside city again.

this is a great post, i do believe both the north and south quays need to be redeveloped, we need to move on from our past and present use of these spaces, both have incredible potential, but we must involve as many stakeholders as possible to make it a true success. pre existing local businesses must be involved in the whole process, to make sure any new developments dont become destructive for these businesses, we have to get over this whole hyper competitive nature of modern business, whereby only the bigger truly succeed, while smaller businesses end up completely destroyed, its always important to remember, most are employed by sme's!

this was my great fear with the falcon approach, you could see it had the whole monopoly approach written all over it, it could have potentially done great damage to smaller local businesses, this whole rising tide sh1te is simply just that!

we truly need to be extremely careful what we do here, its well known that such developments cause 'negatives' to local property markets, we cant keep doing this, we cant keep continually screwing over younger generations in regards this critical need, i.e. security of accommodation, and yes, i am calling this a 'negative', because thats what it is, i.e. continually causing a rise in property prices is causing mayhem for us!

its critical that we implement viable counteractive measures alongside these developments, as increasing property prices are probably inevitable, but we cant keep playing this free for all game in regards property, it ll ultimately cause the long term failure of all, this wont be easy though, but we have to try something....

My biggest fear is that it will be used for social housing. Can just see it now, FFG pushing government funding for social housing on the site for the “benefit of Waterford”. We have seen what is happening with SETU Waterford “expanding footprint” into the old crystal site. Just going to be student accommodation. Michael Walsh and the council need to stick hard to their guns and keep at least the section directly in front of the south quays for commercial and offices.

This has been the bugbear from the start. People with no commercial expertise. Something akin to the Dublin Docklands Development Authority should have been established for the SDZ

This is the only chance to get it right! The train station relocation is crucial. A new riverside hotel is also needed there,along with some restaurants, a bit of retail and so on. Make a riverside boardwalk, it needs to stand out though. Residential will definitely be a huge part of it. It's a brown field site that should definitely be developed with high density.

the land should never be sold, theres clear evidence across the country, that by doing so, increases the likelihood of it being used for pure speculative purposes, and if you re wondering why your kids, grandkids, nieces and nephews property prospects are in the sh1tter, look no further!

I don't know him and have never met him but whenever I see him on Twitter he always strikes me as someone who's slightly lost the plot. His tweets are manic to say the least.

Know how you feel. The words Waterford and government support are words that do not often come together. Even if the train station was relocated and the new bridge better integrating Ferrybank with the rest of the city was done it would be a huge step forward. Here’s hoping.

It has been approved

Great news,

A bit more about it in this article with the developer announced

https://waterfordinyourpocket.com/developer-of-north-quays-announced/?fbclid=IwAR3mBc90LuKsmWPcatIGrkfpnWH6Onj_OkemTV60-ShQoFZaDsCA-GW1LP4

There is plans for a 15 storey building but this doesn't show it. We will know the exact details when it goes for planning under the SDZ!

The infrastructure contract which is the bridge, roads & moving of the train station will begin in Q2 23, that is separate to the Harcourt development and has separate planning which is already approved. The actual development is a different story and will need a new planning application which I assume will be drafted and submitted while the infrastructure work is going on.

The infrastructure element and actual development can proceed together. It would make no sense to wait for total completion of the infrastructure works!