Expansion Plans Part 1
The people are having their confidence back...they spend money in the shops. The industry recieve demand growth of 35% and the banking sector finally recovers.
But that is just the basis of what happend now. Since the economy is turning upwards again, unemployment falls. Areas that were hit most by unemployment, like "Walford", "Northham" or "Rutherford" experience a slight upturn in employment and also a slight rise in residential demand. But that's not all, people who were once forced to leave the city to find jobs in other citys and towns are now returning to "Harbourtown". Even though these are good news, the council was first a bit overwhelmed with the task of providing living room for so many people. They therefore decided to create a whole new quater so to provide people with flats, houses, shopping posibilities and working places.
To keep the tradition of the city up and not build such unattractive housing projects as in "Lambeth", they decided upon a new approach. The quater should be nicely looking, but also functional. It should provide fast access to the city centre but there shouldn't be massive motorways cutting through the quater. And last, but not least, it was also supposed to resemble the citys architecture and heritage and also where it should be build!
The council therefor held months of meetings with different architects and city planners and here is what they came up with.
They decided upon an area next to the "Harbourtown Broadcasting Company (HBC)". They created a very large park area and around it the residential areas. The suburban and national rail network was lowered so that no noise pollution would be created. Besides this this quater got a new tram which connects it with the "Gasometer" railway and Underground station. The tram also runs through a quite large commercial district so people can reach their working places fast and easy. A new federal road was build, the "B75" connects "Georgetown" now directly with "Mosside Park". The new quaters where names "Cherbourg" after the french city. The name of the second part was long discussed and they came up "Lenin Park". This is quite a controversial name for a quater and caused some argumetns within the council and the inhabitants. But after all they became used to the name and now it is just a quater like any other.
Let's have a look then:
Firstly the Underground map got renewed. It is now easier to read and also includes some changes in the lanes. At the left you can see the new line: "Cherbourg Light Rail".
"Georgetown" got a bit extended towards the north. This little lake is called "Grohl Lake". It helps keeping the air clean and also looks quite aesthetic in this quater.
"Lenin Park" with the "HBC" at the left. At the right you can see what I meant with "lower the railway" (sorry for my english). The "B75" goes right underneath "Lenin Park" in the "Lenin Tunnel". In the middle you can see the "Kirk Hammet Building", providing 1000 people with a roof over the head and also got a cinema and a shopping mall in the lower storeys. At the right is "Lenin Park West Station".
At the left you can also see a small part of "Cherbourg". It is still in development so don't worry about the abandoned building...will get replaced soon 
A close up of "Lenin Park", now the largest Park in "Harbourtown".
A nigth shot of "Lenin Park West Station", a stop for the "S2".
Just opposide "Lenin Park" in "Queens Park", if the people want to see some amazing plants and birds, they can visit the "Royal Conservatory", also opens at night until 24:00.
That's it for now, comments are, as per usual, welcome and appreciated.
Btw, I am working on a new CJ: "Wolfsheim", a fictional German city...soon on a CJ section near you.
But "Harbourtown" is far from over!
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