Renshaw Street and Berry Street works are now complete
The £4m scheme of work on Renshaw Street and Berry Street is now successfully complete, on programme and on budget.
Councillor Peter Millea, Executive Member for Regeneration, helped to lay the final paving slab of the scheme outside the Adelphi Hotel on Thursday, 1st December 2005.
The scheme, to make the area safer for motorists and pedestrians, began in January 2005 and is part of the City Centre Movement Strategy, CCMS, a £73m scheme to improve the roads and public areas of Liverpool, implemented by partners Liverpool City Council, Merseytravel, and Liverpool Vision.
The work has included improved pedestrian crossings, wider footpaths, better parking and loading facilities, new paving, street lighting and tree planting to generally upgrade the area. New public spaces have been created at Brownlow Place and Upper Duke Place, and the Adelphi Bus Interchange has been improved in partnership with Merseytravel.
Improved road safety is a key objective of this scheme with funding from the Department for Transport, along with Northwest Development Agency, Merseytravel, and Government Office North West with European Regional Development Fund Objective One.
Councillor Peter Millea said: "This has been a major scheme, vital for the safety of our pedestrians and motorists, and we would like to thank everyone for their patience while the works have been carried out.
"Liverpool is undergoing massive changes with major developments and regeneration schemes on site. The City Centre Movement Strategy is a vital part of those changes as we need a road system that can safely and efficiently direct traffic around our new and improved City Centre."
"This is the second major CCMS scheme completed on programme and on budget, following the works on Hunter Street and Byrom Street earlier this year, and I want to congratulate everyone who has played a part in making this possible."
Paul Lakin, NWDA Area Manager for Merseyside, said: "The NWDA is pleased to see the improvements to Renshaw and Berry Street come to fruition. Liverpool must be accessible in order to accommodate an increasing number of people and goods moving in and around the city centre.
"The CCMS will significantly improve the city's infrastructure, supporting the economic growth that we are currently witnessing in Liverpool."
The CCMS works on Seymour Street and Copperas Hill are the second phase of the Renshaw/Berry Street scheme and those works are due to finish in early December. Together they will create a new route for motorists through the City Centre, avoiding the busy Lime Street area.
Other CCMS schemes on site include the works on Tithebarn Street and Hope Street with work planned to begin on Church Street and Lord Street, The Strand, and in the Castle Street area in 2006.
All changes to traffic movement on this and all CCMS schemes are publicised on the CCMS website with weekly updates. For full details, visit www.liverpool.gov.uk/bigdig (will open a new window) or call the CCMS hotline on 0151 233 3007.
For Merseytravel bus information, call the Merseytravel hotline on 0870 608 2608 or visit www.merseytravel.gov.uk (will open a new window)