A £20M road-improvement scheme to remove one of the biggest bottlenecks in Liverpool has taken a major step forward.
The Government has approved the side road orders and compulsory purchase order for the Hall Lane Strategic Gateway scheme, which will improve the route into the city centre from the M62.
A public inquiry into the road orders and CPO for land needed for the scheme was held in April last year. At the start of the inquiry there were three objections to the CPO, but these were withdrawn.
Cllr Peter Millea, executive member for assets and development, said: ‘The city needs first-rate gateways into our centre – that is a key part of our regeneration. The Hall Lane scheme will do that, helping both motorists and pedestrians, and providing a much better image for visitors.’
Currently, traffic heading to the city centre from Edge Lane must turn either left or right into Hall Lane or Towerlands Street at the top of Mount Vernon Green. Both of these routes are residential roads, and traffic is subject to delay. The Hall Lane Strategic Gateway, which is being backed by Department for Transport and European funding (ERDF), will relieve this problem.
Work on the scheme includes new road alignments to take traffic away from the residential areas of Hall Lane and Towerlands Street, and will be dual carriageway for most of its length.
Pedestrian facilities will be provided at all traffic signal-controlled junctions, and cycling facilities are also being introduced. Work is scheduled to start early in 2009 and be completed in autumn 2010.
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