Author: Sian McCosh

Liverpool City Council is collaborating closely with Merseyside Police and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service to promote safety throughout the Halloween and Bonfire Night period. This year, as these events coincide with the school half-term break, extra policing and joint efforts are being deployed to address concerns related to antisocial behaviour, damage to property, and… Continue reading Working together to help keep Merseyside safe this Halloween and Bonfire season

Merseyside is currently under a yellow weather warning due to strong winds affecting the region. In Liverpool, these gusty conditions are disrupting several services and planned activities today. As a result of worsening conditions linked to Storm Austen, the River of Light event scheduled for this evening has been cancelled to ensure public safety. Additionally,… Continue reading Service changes due to Storm Austen

Starting later this month, a significant £12 million project aimed at enhancing safety and accessibility along a major Liverpool thoroughfare will commence. The improvement works will focus on over 2 kilometers of Vauxhall Road, stretching from Tithebarn Street to Sandhills Lane, with activities scheduled to begin on Wednesday, 28 October. The initial phase involves conducting… Continue reading £12m active travel upgrade for Vauxhall Road to begin this month

As the evenings grow darker with the arrival of autumn, Liverpool City Council is urging all road users to exercise heightened caution. The clocks will be set back on Sunday, 25 October, which coincides with the school half-term break throughout the city. This period tends to be particularly busy, as many families and young people… Continue reading Be bright, be seen, be safe on our roads as clocks go back

Liverpool city centre will see several temporary traffic arrangements introduced in the coming weeks to ensure the smooth and safe execution of this year’s River of Light festival. Travelers are advised to plan their journeys in advance, as these measures include road closures and changes to local rail services prompted by significant Merseyrail infrastructure work.… Continue reading Important city centre travel information for October

Road users should anticipate delays when travelling around Great Howard Street due to urgent repair works currently underway. Scottish Power is addressing a significant cable fault, which has necessitated a complete closure of the northbound lane on Great Howard Street between the Paisley Street and Saltney Street areas. Travelers are advised to use alternative routes… Continue reading Travel update around Great Howard Street

Liverpool City Council’s Road Safety Team is inviting children and young people from the local area to participate in a competition to name four new characters designed to promote road safety. These characters will be central figures in educational materials prepared for schools across the city, aimed at teaching essential skills for staying safe while… Continue reading Creative kids wanted to name city’s new road safety heroes

Liverpool businesses are being invited to a complimentary breakfast briefing focused on helping employers better understand and handle the risks linked to work-related driving. This event is a collaborative effort between Liverpool City Council and Driving for Better Business, taking place at the Holiday Inn Liverpool City Centre on Wednesday, 28 October. The session aims… Continue reading Businesses invited to free road risk briefing in Liverpool

Liverpool City Council, in partnership with Merseyside Police, recently conducted two targeted operations aimed at evaluating how bars and pubs in the city manage safeguarding concerns raised by patrons. These exercises focused on the venues’ handling of potential drink spiking incidents and their implementation of the Ask for Angela scheme, an initiative designed to provide… Continue reading Liverpool City Council and Merseyside Police carry out successful operations to help keep people safe on nights out

Liverpool City Council has partnered with Keep Britain Tidy to raise awareness during ‘Fight Fly-Tipping Fortnight,’ a campaign aimed at alerting residents about fraudulent waste disposal operators. These criminals often use polished, professional-looking advertisements online to masquerade as legitimate businesses, only to illegally dump the waste they are paid to remove. Fly-tipping costs local councils… Continue reading Liverpool City Council urges local residents to fight fly-tipping this October