Strand work may not be completed until 2030

THE redevelopment of a major Liverpool thoroughfare is now expected to be completed eight years after initially scheduled.

- By DAVID HUMPHREYS

A decade ago, the city council announced the £85m city centre connectivity scheme, which included the reimagination of key areas including Lime Street and The Strand.

After much wrangling, the first part of the scheme outside Liverpool's main train station was completed at the end of 2022.

Work began on the first phase of The Strand - which encompasses Bath Street to James Street - in June 2020.

That project was finalised in November 2021, with the resumption of work halted in October 2022 as it was announced Liverpool would host the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023. Now, three years later, it has been revealed that the second phase may now not complete until 2030 at the earliest.