Commuters in Liverpool have been given a glimpse at how Lime Street station and the area surrounding St George's Hall are set to look in future.
The city's biggest station is to undergo a major transformation, and in new images, Liverpool City Council has revealed the big changes set to be made.
It's part of a major effort by the local authority to help improve transport systems in the area, creating new cycle lanes, altering road layouts and changing the way buses run.
The images have been released as the city council begins a public information roadshow to highlight this scheme and others within a £47m connectivity scheme that will bring major changes to the city centre, .
and create a new public square outside the train station as well as an expanded plateau outside the Grade I listed St George’s Hall.
A water feature will also be created at the southern end of the plateau, which lies within the city’s World Heritage site.
To begin in May 2020, Lime Street will be reduced into a single carriageway in each direction, with the southbound lane able to access St Johns Shopping centre car park.
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South of Lime Street Station will be a single lane only, with northbound traffic, including buses, no longer able to travel past the old ABC Cinema and Holiday Inn hotel and will instead need to take a left or right at the Adelphi Hotel junction.
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To offset the closure of Lime Street for northbound bus services, a “busgate” will be introduced on Hanover Street, allowing only buses (and taxis) during the day to access Liverpool ONE bus station.
The new bus timetable, to come into effect in April, will also contain a new city centre circular service.
Liverpool council says it will monitor these measures and will produce a one year on assessment evaluating the impact on bus passengers.
The Lime Street revamp will also see a widened, boulevard style pavement running the entire length up to the Adelphi Hotel, which sits within the .
The LCCC scheme aims to boost transport links and further fuel Liverpool’s international appeal to investors, shoppers and tourists with its visitor economy, currently valued at £3.6bn/year, expected to grow by 25% over the next 10 years.
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Councillor Sharon Connor, Cabinet Member for Highways, said: “Redesigning how we all use Lime Street critical to making Liverpool city centre fit for the future – safer, cleaner and greener for everyone to enjoy.
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“The city has declared a climate change emergency and is working on a clean air plan, so being smarter with how we use our major roads is going to make a massive contribution in reducing congestion and therefore the city’s carbon footprint and air quality."
The three-day long LCCC public information roadshow, which will feature videos and detailed information boards, will be held from 10am to 6.30pm on:
• Monday 20, January at RIBA NW, Mann Island
• Tuesday 21, January at Aloft Hotel, North John Street
• Wednesday 22 January at Holiday Inn, Lime Street