Fears of 'chaos' in Queens Drive works

£2M PLANS WILL NOW BE SCRUTINISED AGAIN

- By LIAM THORP

Traffic queues during earlier roadworks on Queens Drive in September

FRUSTRATED councillors have called in a decision for a £2 million project to upgrade one of Liverpool's busiest roads.

Local representatives believe a major programme of work on Queens Drive could cause 'chaos' if not planned out correctly.

An extraordinary meeting has now been called to discuss the plans to award a large contract for improvement works to an area of Queens Drive, which were agreed at a cabinet meeting earlier this month.

The improvement works are due to cover a large area of the busy road in south Liverpool.

It stretches from the junction with Mossley Hill Drive, near to Sefton Park, all the way to near its junction with Allerton Road.

In terms of the work itself, the cabinet report is light on detail, but states that the scheme will focus on road maintenance along Queens Drive, including improving the existing carriageway, resurfacing footways and replacing damaged kerbs and pedestrian guardrails.

The estimated value of the contract is £1,897,398.

As part of the improvements, the council says that a new pedestrian crossing will be installed near the junction with Aigburth Vale.