Boulevard

Safer, easier movement between City Centre and seafront...

The second theme of our vision is to transform the current highway corridor that runs from Oystermouth Road to Quay Parade into a true European-style boulevard.

We plan to create an urban route alive with movement and activity, that's as pleasing to look at as it is to use.

This new boulevard will be an important link between the City Centre, waterfront and River Tawe. Pedestrians will have equal priority with other road users along this boulevard, and we will introduce attractive new crossing squares at key locations along its entire length.

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Image depicting CCSF European Boulevard Aerial Artist Impression

Oystermouth Road / Victoria Road / Quay Parade

The Oystermouth Road corridor will properly link the City Centre to the waterfront, rather than acting as a partial barrier between them.

Our vision for this area also involves expanding City Centre facilities to the south of Oystermouth Road, and improving the environment and appearance of the corridor. We will do this by creating new public spaces and buildings, and by enhancing existing spaces to encourage street-level activity.

By moving building frontages forward onto the rear edge of the pavement, and by building high quality new developments in keeping with Swansea's architectural heritage, we will create a more attractive welcome to Swansea – and encourage pedestrians to walk from the City Centre to the waterfront.

Improved signal controls will help keep traffic flowing, and a proposed new Metro route along the boulevard will further improve the movement of people across the City Centre.

Striking new public spaces and high quality landscape, similar to that introduced at Museum Green, which will itself be enhanced, will improve the street-level environment and complement the attractive new building frontages.

Boulevard Site Plan

This page last updated on October 28 2010