It presents the proposals for the regeneration of the public realm along Rutland Street and Halford Street within Leicester’s Cultural Quarter. The Area is known as Phase 2 of the Cultural Quarter.

 

Leicester City Council, together with a number of partners, is working on a range of complementary cultural initiatives that will stimulate economic growth whilst establishing Leicester as the major regional centre for the creative industries.

 

The project will involve the redevelopment of a number of sites within St George’s, the creation of new public open space and improvements to access to and through the area.

 

Its aim is :

 

1. To create a progression of ‘spaces’ of varying scale and character to direct people through the new Quarter to the Performing Arts Centre.

 

2. To integrate the Cultural Quarter, so that it becomes a real part of the city and exhibits enhanced links with the station and the city centre, with a mix of uses and an enhanced economy.

 

3. To give this part of Leicester a strong character of its own with clearly defined, attractive, and safe pedestrian /cycle routes.

 

4. To provide an attractive environment into which the creative business sector will want to locate.

 

5. To create a place that is comfortable (and exciting) both during day and night time.