Recommendations
| Health determinant | Recommendation | ||
| Transport and traffic | • | Ensure that good quality public transport is available to the Twelve Quays from both Birkenhead and Wallasey. When planning permission is being sought, it is recommended that environmental and traffic impact assessments bear in mind the proposals in this health inpact assessment. They should take into consideration measures to reduce and monitor accidents, air and noise pollution. | |
| • | Heavy goods vehicles should use routes away from residential areas. This would be encouraged by having a petrol station situated at or next to the Twelve Quays site so lorries and tourist traffic would not need to go into residential areas for fuel. | ||
| • | Encourage exercise through walking and cycling by the investment of clearly signed, safe and attractive routes to the site. | ||
| • | Continue to monitor asthma prevalence rates and hospital admissions with asthma. | ||
| Civic design | • | Local children could make suggestions as to what they would like to see at the centre. Senior design students could design a particular area (such as a crèche) if it was considered feasible. | |
| • | As far as possible, building design should take into consideration sustainable development through the prudent use of natural resources in an energy efficient building. | ||
| • | An expert access audit on development plans should be commissioned. The audit will take into consideration the varied needs of people with different disabilities. This will save money in the long run from having expensive alterations completed later and will ensure that the disabled will not be discriminated against in employment or participation. Detailed cost of implementing the recommendations is outside the scope of this study. Advice and information from quantity surveyors and suppliers of specialist equipment would have to be sought. | ||
| Security and public safety | • | As far as possible local people, particularly the young, should be involved in the design of publicity. “Ownership” of the development will not only encourage participation, but may also protect against vandalism from a small minority who may feel excluded. | |
| • | Dangerous areas, which might be vulnerable to criminal activity and accidents, should be eliminated. Community safety advice should be sought by the developers of the site from the Health and Safety Executive and the police architectural liaison officer. | ||
| • | A traffic safety audit should be completed at the preliminary and detailed design stage of the development and maintained once in place. | ||
| Employment and training | • | The feasibility study should investigate the provision of affordable access to local people, particularly the unemployed and others on a low income. | |
| • | The centre should work closely with the training agencies so that local people will have the right skills for employment and enable them to use their skills in publicity. | ||