Botanic Avenue, one of Belfast's busiest streets, is closed to motorists for a period today.
One of Belfast's busiest streets will be car free on Saturday afternoon as part of a festival exploring the possibility of pedestrianisation.The Open Botanic community festival brings together people from four adjoining neighbourhoods,
Briege Arthurs, CEO of Forward South Partnership said the charity wanted people to have their say on the future of their area. The Open Botanic Festival seeks to test the notion of a co-designed shared space between four communities - Donegall Pass, Sandy Row, Donegall Road and the Holyland area up to Shaftesbury Square.
Forward South has worked in close collaboration with experts in architecture and planning at Queen's University Belfast, who carried out extensive research into the issues affecting this part of the city last year.
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