City Centre Movement Strategy projects win awards
_tcm81-112559.jpg "Some of our award winning schemes, from top: Hope Street, East Moorfields (Hewitts Place), Williamson Square, Tithebarn Street")
Another major environmental project that is part of the £73million City Centre Movement Strategy has won a national award. Hope Street's £2.8million repaving scheme, completed in summer 2006, recently won the LGN (Local Government News (will open a new window)) Highways Award 2007. The Local Government News Street Design Awards reward excellence in highway improvement design for schemes constructed in the last five years.
Hope Street was also a finalist in the Horticulture Week Awards 2007.
Other awards won by various public realm schemes in the city centre include:
- Phase One (Greater Williamson Square, Cavern Quarter, Covent Garden, East Moorfields) which won the National Transport Award 2006 (Pedestrian and Walking category). This scheme was also highly commended in the LGN Streetscape Award 2005, and also received a Civic Trust Award commendation in 2006.
- City Centre Feature Lighting which illuminates many of the city centre's key buildings at night won the LGN Streetscape 2005 National Lighting Award, and was also commended in the RTPI (Royal Town Planning Institute) Lighting Awards in 2005.
Christine Wray, Highways project team manager says: "We are very proud to win awards for our public realm works. It is great to have national recognition of the quality of projects being achieved in Liverpool. This helps promote the city as a high quality destination for visitors for 2008 and beyond."