Liverpool wants to get to the bottom of Big Dig criticism

20 September 2007
 
Liverpool City Council has set up a scrutiny committee after £73M worth of highways work, part of the City Centre Movement Strategy (CCMS), came under fire.

Head of the committee, Stuart Monkcom, said he intended taking a long, hard look at the project, how it was carried out and how future work could avoid the criticism levelled at current work.

‘The scrutiny panel was set up because of the amount of criticism received over implementation of the Big Dig roadworks,’ he told Surveyor.

‘We will robustly scrutinise what has happened and what is planned to happen as part of the CCMS, which is expected to continue to 2011. ‘We are going to be assertive and, if necessary, tell the CCMS what is unacceptable ’

The all party group, which also includes highways engineers, is particularly concerned with what shape the city will be in next year when Liverpool will be European Capital of Culture.

‘Visitors will start arriving early next year, and we don’t want them turning up to a building site. We want traffic to be moving efficiently and freely around the city, but kept to a minimum in the centre,’ said Monkcom.

The Big Dig has caused big problems for motorists in Liverpool, and shops in affected areas have claimed the works have hit sales. ‘We need to establish the problems caused by the works, if they are temporary or permanent, and how we can avoid them for the future,’ added Monkcom.

The panel will also be looking to praise the good points of the works and will deliver its recommendations at the end of this year.

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