Liverpool City Council is poised to approve a plan that will examine how to transform public space and movement in the area over the next two decades. The Liverpool Urban Mobility and Public Spaces Plan will direct a multi-million-pound investment programme up to 2045 to support public transport, walking, and cycling. The scheme, which forms part of the council’s drive for net zero status, has identified prime sites, prospects, and trials across the city centre and proposes investment in enhanced transport and public space for both the immediate and longer-term future.
The cornerstone of the plan is to future-proof the city centre by developing a totally integrated public transport system, a complete active travel network, and vibrant public spaces for an excellent urban experience. The plan builds on Liverpool’s city centre connectivity programme that saw over £50m spent on improving key routes and developing active travel routes from the waterfront to the Knowledge Quarter.
This approach uses a data-driven process to identify the subsequent stage in the city centre’s transformation and has identified three key mobility pillars: ‘People,’ ‘Place,’ and ‘Movement’. Immediate progress will be via the introduction of “quick win” initiatives, along with longer-term accelerated projects, to ensure ongoing progress.
The primary phase will involve introducing ‘quick win’ strategies to shape the area and strengthen the public realm. Monument Place/London Road will collaborate with the Green Bus Route collective at the Combined Authority and the City Development department to establish swift bus measures and public realm improvements. Moorfields Station will develop a masterplan to direct its development, and St George’s Gateway will work to enhance the pedestrian and public transit connections. Following these, the proposals are to revise bus routes in the long run to connect to bus franchising and a suggested routing map to promote connectivity across the city
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