2.5 | Signals of Confidence
Recent signals of confidence include:
won the top prize in the New Build Workplace category in the prestigious Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland annual awards; • Progress on the upgrade of the N19 to the Airport to facilitate the continued expansion and regeneration of Shannon; • Collaboration between Limerick City and County Council, the Land Development Agency (LDA), CIÉ and other stakeholders to create an urban neighbourhood at Limerick’s City Centre train and bus station, Colbert Station where there is a 50 ha landbank; • Active regeneration initiatives and plans for significant investment in the Shannon Free Zone, Shannon International Airport and key tourist attractions in the MASP area; • Limerick Regeneration Framework Implementation Plan (LRFIP) has resulted in the creation of over 300 jobs.
• Significant progress in the transformation to Ireland’s first Digital City with the integration of a number of public services, the creation of smart homes, smart buildings, energy districts and smart neighbourhoods; • Advancement of the development of a Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) R&D hub and testbed in Shannon including the decision by Jaguar Land Rover to open a CAV R&D facility in Shannon; • The people of Limerick voted for the introduction of a directly Elected Mayor that will be the first in the State; • Government go-ahead to advance procedures to deliver the Foynes to Limerick Road (incl. Adare Bypass) project; • Launch of Propeller Shannon Incubator Programme; • Gardens International (officially opened in 2019)
3.0 | Vision and Guiding Principles 3.1 | Vision
Sustainable management and compact growth will offer a platform to address key challenges related to housing, transport, environmental sustainability and liveability to ensure the Metropolitan Area can increase competitiveness and continue to attract talent and investment on a global scale.
development and re-intensification occurs, particularly in areas of deprivation. While the Limerick-Shannon Metropolitan Area is young, diverse and multi-cultural, areas of on-going deprivation will require a long-term planning response to meet existing and future needs. Implementation of theMASP needs to be flexible to adapt and respond to external risks such as climate change, technology disruption, demographic and cultural change and economic shocks.
There is a need to enable regeneration and employment opportunities for established communities where re-
The Vision Statement for the Limerick-Shannon Metropolitan Area is:
“To create a sustainable, inclusive, smart, climate and economic resilient Limerick-Shannon MetropolitanArea, which is competitive and of a scale which can exert critical-mass leverage at an international level, maximising the economic, social, cultural and environmental opportunities in amanner for all those who live, work and visit the MetropolitanArea, Mid-West and for the benefit of the country.”
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