HomeBackground to the Lagan Corridor Project
Set up in 1989, the Laganside Corporation was tasked with the regeneration of Belfast's waterfront, making the area a focus for new business, leisure and recreation. Not only was it highly successful in making the waterfront, once more, an exciting place to live, work and play, but it was also instrumental in cleaning up a large stretch of the Lagan.
A number of feasibility and investigative studies into the reopening of the Lagan Navigation Canal were undertaken and they confirmed that the introduction of recreational boat traffic on to the River Lagan and the reopening of the Lagan navigation Canal is entirely feasible and would encourage recreation, tourism and regeneration.
The Lagan Corridor Project development sites
- Queens Quay (site of the Lagan Weir)
- Stranmillis (the Lagan Gateway - pictured right, click on the image for a larger version).
- Site of lock 2 at Moreland’s Meadow
- River channel works, weir and canoe slalom upstream from Lock 3.
Key elements of the Lagan Corridor Project
Provision of new lock at Queen’s Quay (site adjacent to the Lagan Weir)
- Lock
- Channel and dredging works
- Surface Treatment work at the Lock
- Pedestrian area.
Stranmillis (Lock 1)
- Removal of the pen weir and replacement by a crescent cascade weir
- Lock
- Slipway and moorings
- Channel and dredging works
- Iconic foot bridge linking Lockview Road and Annadale Embankment
- Pedestrian area, ancillary works and soft landscaping
- Commercial building (it is proposed that this building may be used for hospitality or visitor services such as public toilets, café or restaurant, interpretative facilities and conference centre)
- Access route.
Restoration of Lock 2 at Moreland's Meadow
- Control weir across the river immediately upstream of the original weir
- Restoration of the lock and provision of upstream and downstream moorings
- Clearance of the canal channel and remove silt.
River channel works, weir and canoe slalom upstream from Lock 3
- Demolition of the existing structure and construction of a new weir downstream of the canal cut and the construction of a side overflow weir upstream of Lock 3
- New canoe slalom downstream of the current slalom
- Clearance of channel and excavate infill material as necessary
- Dredging of the river; and ancillary works and soft landscaping.
