Derry Central Riverfront Project
The Central Riverfront and Strand Road Active Travel and Place-Making Project (known as the Central Riverfront Project or CRP) is a partnership project between the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) and Derry City and Strabane District Council (DCSDC) and will be funded through the Derry/Londonderry and Strabane Region City Deal (DSRCD).
The £45 million scheme comprises roads realignment, streetscape enhancement and creation of an active travel corridor along Strand Road and Queens Quay as well as the creation of new civic spaces including University Square, Harbour Square/ Victoria Market, Peace Bridge Landing Point & Whitaker Street.
The project seeks to re-imagine the Derry Central Riverfront area to secure a shift from the private car to more sustainable and active travel modes by maximizing opportunities for people to make environmentally friendly and healthy travel choices for their daily journeys and for leisure.
The project aims to adopt high quality place making principles of well-designed, generous, people-focused and diverse civic spaces centred around an active travel corridor, facilitated by road engineering. The project aims to create a high quality, safe, welcoming and attractive riverside environment containing a diverse mix of uses for a variety of users that grows the city’s evening economy on the waterfront and the city centre.