Belfast Playful Streets project could see streets closed for children to play
Belfast may see selected roads across the city closed next year as part of a pilot programme hoping to turn streets into playgrounds for children and communities.
The motion states: “Following other cities, including London and Dublin, this council will work with relevant stakeholders to facilitate how residents can organise Playful Streets in Belfast. “This council will then seek to pilot the same in Belfast in 2024 across the four quarters of the city and the city centre with a view to introduce a council-led system through which residents can apply to make their street a Playful Street.”
SDLP Councillor Séamas de Faoite said: “Fingal County Council have been very innovative in terms of things they have piloted in that part of Dublin, with the School Streets, the Playful Streets, and some other projects. Christina Black, Sinn Féin Councillor for the Court district electoral area in West Belfast said: “It is great to see motions such as this coming forward, especially if it was for a part of the city that I represent, which is an urban, inner city location. There they are really suffering at the moment because they are not able to use the local streets.
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