Have your say on town centre future

Residents and businesses are being asked to comment on a draft master plan which provides a view of what Ipswich Borough Council and its
partners see as the best way to improve the town centre.

Please go to www.ipswich.gov.uk/consultations and return the form with your views by 23rd December.

For more information and a questionnaire, you can also see the exhibition in the former Clinton Cards shop on the ground floor of the Tower Ramparts
Shopping Centre until Saturday 19th November, 11.30am to 2.30pm.The aim is to enhance the town centre, delivering a programme of regeneration and renewal that builds on the aspirations to be a
regional centre for shopping and culture.

The draft Master Plan believes this can be achieved by:

* Remodelling the town centre so it is aligned more north to
south than east to west;

* Developing retail opportunities between the town centre and
the Waterfront and in the Cox Lane area, and extending Tower
Ramparts northwards;

* Encouraging a “cafe culture” by permitting more food and
drink uses;

* Promoting large-scale office development around Portman
Road/Ipswich Village area;

* Providing more multi-storey short-stay car parks;

* Improving bus access and relocating both existing bus stations
to a new site;

* Improving pedestrian links between the town centre and the
Waterfront and making Star Lane easier to cross;

* Implementing the “Ipswich - Transport Fit for the 21st Century”
improvements plan.

Please go to www.ipswich.gov.uk/consultations and return the form with your views by 23rd December.

For more information and a questionnaire, you can also see the exhibition in the former Clinton Cards shop on the ground floor of the Tower Ramparts
Shopping Centre until Saturday 19th November, 11.30am to 2.30pm