'Who wants to be walking around half this city, it is embarrassing - not only as someone trying to run a business but as a ratepayer too'
A local councillor has said that more practical action has to be taken to regenerate a major gateway street "left to rot" in Belfast city centre.
Read more: Ormeau residents victory as council rejects 1am license for new £8m hotel on site of church "I do believe that we have let things slide for years so, from my point of view, we need to be looking at ways we can help businesses in a practical sense around things such as lighting - it is giving people a sense of safety in their city."
"The buildings are actually starting to crumble and all it will take is someone walking underneath to get killed. There is no lighting and we are about to go back into winter nights again and we are left in the dark. "Who wants to be walking around half this city, it is embarrassing - not only as someone trying to run a business but as a ratepayer too," Barry added. "I'd like to see developers actually doing something.
"The Deer's Head has come in here over the last year and breathed life into a part of the city that has effectively been abandoned and left to rot. They are paying a phenomenal amount of money in rates and employ 30 people so we are seeing the economic benefit of them being here so as a council, we should be asking ourselves if we are meeting and supporting these businesses.
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