What will the HELIX do for the area?
The HELIX project's commitment to place identifies a heritage linked to the Forth, the Forth and Clyde Canal and the River Carron.
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The HELIX plan| for the area comprises six main elements:
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Kelpies: iconic public artworks, the largest equine sculptures in the world, and the first displacement lock for the Scottish lowland canal network
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Sentinels: public arts programme to build a suite of Sentinels (community public art projects) as representatives of community stewardship
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Central Park: the most innovative contemporary 'peoples park' in Scotland since the setting out of Princes Street Gardens
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Canal Link: a new Gateway offering a radical improvement between the Forth and Scotland's inland waterways and connecting the Forth & Clyde Canal with the River Carron
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Canal Hub: a new leisure and recreation destination for Scotland, incorporating extended marina facilities and offering new waterside leisure within a dramatic new landscape setting
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New landscape: a new and special quality of place that transforms the opportunities for communities
These main elements of the HELIX will create a new and special quality of place that transforms the opportunities for communities. The area will also include the following:
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regeneration and the transformation of 500ha (1250 acres) devalued urban fringe into modern greenspace
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a skateboard park linked with further development of the community stadium facilities
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community allotments
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habitat enhancement and the development of new nature reserves, wetlands and broadleaf native woodlands
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path networks connecting communities and addressing safe, inclusive access
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environmental stewardship, offering sustainable management based on community participation
