New landmark vision to transform waterfront

Liverpool Council is working up a landmark new vision for the city's waterfront

- By LIAM THORP

A LANDMARK new vision is being put forward for Liverpool's historic waterfront as part of a plan to "reclaim the banks of the Mersey" for the people of the city as well as "sinking" one of the busiest road junctions in the city centre.

The ambitious Liverpool Waterfront Vision outlines a 30-year transformation that aims to place "public life, sustainability and connectivity at the core of future development".

At the centre of the vast proposals are an aim to reconnect the city centre with the famous waterfront, with the hope of making it safer, healthier and more accessible for all.

Liverpool Council's major vision centres around a new Merseyfront Walkway, described as a continuous "green ribbon" that would connect the waterfront from Otterspool in the south to the new Hill Dickinson Stadium in the north.

The council says this would act as a "social, ecological, and active-travel backbone for the city."

Running parallel to this, there would be a series of public-realm improvements to various inland routes, including proposals to reimagine some of the city's busiest thoroughfares as new linear parkways that will priorities pedestrians, cyclists and the city region's planned new rapid transit transport network.