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Mayor John Moran wants to designate Abbeyfeale as a 'town of the future' | PICTURE: Adrian Butler
TALLER buildings in the city centre “where the energy of O’Connell Street never sleeps”, turning Abbeyfeale into a “town of the future”, and making the Cappamore-Kilmallock district “the playground of Limerick”.
These are all elements of Mayor John Moran’s roadmap to transform the city and county over the next five years.
The Limerick Leader can, this week, reveal details of the first citizen’s far-reaching programme of office, which he hopes will make the city and county “once more be full of life”.
Mayor Moran has outlined plans for Limerick to “comfortably accommodate over 50,000 new residents” by 2040.
His 105-page plan for Limerick - which will be considered by councillors later this month - comes just a week after he publicly released the ethics declaration he made to the council.
In this, Mayor Moran revealed he has interests in nine properties across Ireland.
And he also disclosed he owns properties in France and New York.
He also detailed some of the high-profile companies he has been a director of including high-finance companies and building industry firms.
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The mayor had four months to prepare a programme of office for his term in office, and has completed it ahead of time.
He said his vision is to see Limerick be “more liveable, more prosperous and more healthy”.
As part of the strategy, Mayor Moran wants to introduce the so-called Vienna model of housing, which is based on the idea of building enough affordable housing to meet local demand.
He also wants to re-imagine Limerick city centre’s main streets as so-called ‘superblocks’, which are used in Barcelona.
These are aimed at cutting motorised transport, increasing green spaces in urban areas and improving neighbourhood cohesion.
He’s also planning a hub to attract third level students into the urban area.
And across rural Limerick, the mayor has plans to turn a variety of out-of-use business buildings into community-based enterprises or cultural centres.
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