Christchurch thinking inside the Square

Christchurch is having another go at trying to answer a 130-year-old question: what to do with Cathedral Square.

A raft of ideas for the final stage of the current redevelopment work on Cathedral Square has been unveiled by the City Council's design team.

Among the ideas put up for consideration are special paving at entrances to the Square with new pedestrian crossings, a grove of trees on the west side with a water feature, and a public market area in the northwest corner.

In future a southern pavilion could be provided so that present stallholders were brought together, the council said.

Lighting would be improved and lanes adjacent to the Square could be developed in some way.

Mayor Garry Moore said the council had asked architect Ian Athfield and urban planner James Lunday to provide a framework of ideas for the council to produce future designs.

- CHRISTCHURCH STAR