A committee decision at City Hall will go to the full Belfast Council for ratification
Belfast councillors have voted for Irish language signs to be placed at the new Belfast Grand Central Station and surrounding Weaver’s Cross area.
“To further this commitment, the council fully supports the installation of bilingual internal and external signage at Cros na bhFíodóirí - Weavers Cross - Belfast's new Grand Central Station. The new world-class integrated transport hub, set on an extended site beyond the old Great Victoria Street bus and train station, is rapidly progressing through the last stages of final construction. It is due to be completed towards the end of 2024, with full project completion, including all public realm upgrades, expected in the third quarter of 2025.
Around a fifth of this space has been proposed for housing, with a fifth of the residential space set aside for social/affordable housing. This means that half of this final allotted space will be “social”, the other half “affordable.” Sinn Féin originally proposed the motion, highlighting the potential for City Hall to save hundreds of thousands on a bulk designation, rather than individually surveying streets in which an overwhelming majority would be in favour of Irish signs.
In 2022 Belfast councillors agreed a new policy on dual language street signs. Sinn Féin, Alliance, the SDLP, the Green Party, and the People Before Profit Party all support the new street sign policy, while the three unionist parties, the DUP, UUP and PUP, are against it.
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