Ábhair:
Civic spaces need to be restored and returned to the people. The top square in Portlaoise serves as a perfect example. In what should be the civic centre of our county town and county we find a heavily segregated space split between very fast flowing traffic along a national route and car parking facilities. The completion of the towns ringroad offers the perfect opportunity for the full reclamation of this important civic and social amenity through a program of pedestrianisation, rebuilding of the old town hall, tree planting and installation of appropriate street furniture.