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New Grand Central Station
News Upload Date: 5th September, 2024
New Belfast Transport Station Opening
Belfast Grand Central Station will begin a phased opening on Sunday 8th September 2024.
Construction work on the new world class Belfast Grand Central Station is at a stage which will soon allow the public to have the opportunity to see inside Ireland’s largest state of the art integrated transport hub for trains, coaches and buses.
Transport services will be introduced in phases with buses operating from the Europa Buscentre moving to the new station on Sunday 8th September 2024 followed by rail operations, with a date to be confirmed. Bus passengers can watch our virtual guide to navigating the new station.
Street Party Event
News Upload Date: 29th August, 2024
Block Party
The Ulster Orchestra, Zeppo Arts and Townsend Street Enterprise Park are thrilled to announce an exciting community street party set to take place on Townsend Street on Saturday 21 September 2024 from 2pm to 8pm.
The best part? Admission is free and everyone is welcome! This vibrant outdoor event promises an unforgettable day filled with live music, bustling markets, energetic dance performances and delicious food offerings, finishing with a live performance by the Ulster Orchestra* at 8pm - there will be something for everyone to enjoy. Our block party is part of the Belfast 2024 programme, celebrating creativity and culture, funded by Belfast City Council and taking place on International Peace Day.
Live Music: Enjoy captivating performances from classical pieces to contemporary soul, funk and dance - the live music lineup is sure to delight audiences of all ages. Acts include Winnie Ama, String Ninjas, Utropiks, Boom Strutt Brass, Diamonte Dance and Drama, Downshire Brass and Belfast Ukulele Orchestra.
Sound Links concert*: A new musical commission about Townsend Street will be performed by the Ulster Orchestra at 8pm (requires free ticket, see below).
Markets: Browse through a diverse selection of market stalls. These will feature products by local artisans, craftspeople and sellers.
Dance: Experience dynamic dance performances that will get everyone moving. These will include everything from traditional Irish and Scottish dances to modern routines.
Food: Indulge in a wide selection of food options from local food trucks and vendors. There will be plenty of delicious choices to satisfy your taste buds.
Kids’ Activities. Children can enjoy workshops, bouncy castles and much more.
If you would like to attend the 8pm Ulster Orchestra performance, please book a FREE ticket here. For more informaiton click: here.
Tesco's Express
News Upload Date: 23th August, 2024
Interior of New Tesco's Express, York Street.
Opening Day!
The new Tesco's Express on York Street has now opened today! The 23rd August saw the doors open for the first time and we took a quick look inside.
The store hosts all the range of foods we would expect and it a reasonably large interior. We hope this new retail outlet will prove to be a great connivence for food shopping to the area and benefit local residents, students and visitors alike.
Lancaster Street Car Park
News Upload Date: 222h August, 2024
Lancaster Street Car Park
Lancaster Street Car Park
Due to essential maintenance, Belfast City Council will be temporarily closing the Lancaster Street Car Park for two days.
An on site poster reads as follows: "Due to essential maintenance, this car park will close on Thursday 22 and Friday 23 August. Please remove your car by 6pm on Wednesday 21 August as this car park will be closed off. For information on nearby carparks, go to www.belfastcity.gov.uk/carparks"
Website Update
News Upload Date: 20h August, 2024
Website Funding Secured!
Some fantastic news! The LARG website has secured funding for a second year! Thanks to the generous contributions made by the Ulster University via Mr Duncan Morrow and Newington Housing, we are delighted to continue our work in informing and updating the local community on the grass root issues that matter. The funds will LARG to continue to manage and maintain the website until June/July 2025.
Turkington Newsletter
News Upload Date: 6th July, 2024
Final Month Of Construction
WORKS UPDATE
August is finally here, and with it, our last full month of construction on site. With handover scheduled for the start of September, by the end of this month, the remaining of the works to be carried out prior to competition should be mostly internal.
Our façade contractors are now completing the cladding of the building and as you may have noticed, most of the mast climbers have now been dismantled and removed from site. For the initial two weeks of August, our ground-workers will be installing the drainage on the ground floor and preparing the place for the tarmac company, which should take place by the third week of the month.
Currently, the noisy activities on site are majorly carried out internally, with very little noise pollution being emitted from site. However, as always, we apologise for the times when such activities are carried out externally. We’ll continue to work to implement systems that will minimise such activities on this project.
Sections of the red hoarding around the building are being currently removed, and by the end of week two, our site will be using heras fencing only to prevent unauthorised access. A security company has been contracted by Turkington to ensure site security at night as we continue to remove the hoarding.
COMMUNITY LIAISON BOARD
Our Notice Board installed and displayed on our hoarding line will continue to be used as a way to communicate and display some more site related information to the community around us and the wider public. This will also allow us to share some of the Health, Safety and Environmental initiatives implemented on site.
48-52 York Street Student Accommodation.
SITE CONTACT DETAILS
Project Manager: Eamonn McCullagh eamonn.mccullagh@turkington-construction.com
HSE Officer: Daniel Oliveira daniel.oliveira@turkington-construction.com
Project Phone No.: 07762 239460
The information for this article has been provided to us by Turkington construction.
LARG Facebook
News Upload Date: 30th July, 2024
Our New Facebook Page!
LARG are now on Facebook!
Like our new facebook social media page to get all the latest news and views that inform and help the local community.
If you have any thing you feel we need to share on our website or social media platforms, just drop us an email to: largbelfast@gmail.com
New Sports Centre
News Upload Date: 29th July, 2024
Explore Ulster University Sports Centre
A new Ulster University Sports Centre is due to open in September 2024 and is set to be the ultimate sporting facility, and it's right in the heart of the new student accommodation at Nelson Place.
The Ulster University Belfast Sports Centre will operate similarly to all other facilities and is therefore available for public use, including gym etc.
Gym with mezzanine.
4 Court hall with interactive scoreboard.
3 studios.
Rooftop track with 80-metre running area.
Two large team changing.
Events can also be facilitated (space and rates depending).
Tesco's Express
News Upload Date: 25th July, 2024
New Tesco Store Opening Soon!
A new Tesco's Express store will be opening soon! Situated at the corner of Fredrick Street and York Street at the ground level of the LIV student accommodation building.
Details of the opening date are still to be released, however, this new store will undoubtably be a great convenience for the local community, students and visitors to the local area!
LIV Student Accommodation Building, 81-107 York St, Belfast BT15 1AT.
New Health Centre
News Upload Date: 2nd July, 2024
'Northland House' to be demolished to make way for new Digital Health Centre
Northland House, Fredrick Street.
New Fredrick Street 'Centre For Digital HealthCare Technologies'.
What is CDHT?
As part of the Belfast Region City Deal, a £42m high visibility and quality Centre for Digital Healthcare Technology (“CDHT”) and associated living labs in the areas of cardiology, diabetes, respiratory and stroke is being scaled-up.
The vision underpinning CDHT is to help establish the Belfast City Region as one of the best places in the world to design, develop and launch innovative medical devices and diagnostics measurably contributing to economic growth and productivity, reduced healthcare costs, enhanced levels of care and improved patient outcomes.
Read more details on the Ulster University website page: (more information)
Cathedral Garden Project
News Upload Date: 11th July, 2024
Multi-Million Pound Project To Transform City Space
An urban forest, a large multi-use events space and a permanent memorial to the Belfast Blitz are just some of the features included in ambitious plans unveiled for the multi-million-pound redevelopment of Cathedral Gardens.
Belfast City Council aims to transform the area between St Anne’s Cathedral and Ulster University’s Belfast campus into a unique world class public space.
Building upon the historic Cathedral area, other proposed features in the redevelopment include garden ‘rooms’ located under the canopies of the mature trees in the urban forest, public art, interactive audio-visual water and lighting features, outdoor dining areas and a range of play features for young children. (more information)
Monthly News Links
Our monthly news articles highlight local impact or interest stories with the aim to keep the local community and residents updated and informed. Each month a new link will appear highlighting the latest news articles. If you have an news item you feel we should feature, please email us with the details to largbelfast@gmail.com.
Jul 2024
Summer School
New Lodge Festival
New Sports Centre
New Tesco's Express
Cathedral Gardens