New pedestrian crossing at Timber Quay and active travel part of Magee expansion plans
A new pedestrian crossing linking the wider Magee College campus in Derry with its new Timber Quay teaching block is being planned.
Linda McGuinness, Strategy Manager at the Department for the Economy Magee Expansion Team, confirmed talks were ongoing with Ulster University and the Department for Infrastructure.
There are also discussions with DfI and Translink about active travel initiatives to support the expansion of UU’s Derry campus.
“We are working at the moment with pace with the university on a pedestrian crossing outside this very building,” Ms. McGuinness indicated at a meeting of the Stormont Economy Committee in Timber Quay, “We are working with DfI on active travel initiatives.”
She said the Minister Dr. Caoimhe Archibald has also been ‘engaging with DfI on infrastructural challenges in terms of Translink, in terms of the active travel, in terms of the road junctions’.
Ms. McGuinness said a marketing campaign focusing on Derry as university city has also been launched with Tourism NI.