Opportunities for St Albans

Some of the things which could be undertaken in the area are:

Building on Character

• Site and building design guides
• Ensuring consistent street design

Traffic Management

• Landscape enhancements for arterial and collector roads
• Narrowing local roads/ creating cul-de-sacs/ road stopping
• Reorganising on-street parking

Encouraging good development

• Design advice to property owners
• Encouraging amalgamation of sites
• Degraded properties for demonstration sites
• Comprehensive development of Orion site for housing and open space

Other initiatives could be undertaken by the community. St Albans has the advantage of:

• A core group of supportive residents
• High level of community commitment to the area
• Wide network of community groups

Parks and Open Space

• Making better use of the street for green space
• Development of open space around existing community facilities
• Using waterways to connect and expand on open space

NB St Albans is a priority area for acquisition of open space by the Council