‘Busiest’ road in UK city could go ‘underground’ in £1bn redesign | UK | News
A very busy road in Liverpool could be ready for a major redesign, including going underground to help better connect the city center to the £1bn waterfront project. City and county bosses have expressed excitement over ongoing plans for a £1bn skyscraper development to start on the edge of Liverpool city centre.
The project means around 3,000 homes and 400 hotel rooms will be built in an area known as the King Edward Triangle, in Gibraltar Row, close to The Strand, a two-way coastal road passed by thousands of motorists every day.
Emerging plans come via partnership between Beetham and TJ Morris groupWho runs the Home Bargains empire. and could include a new 25,000 square meter arena, the city’s first AA five-star hotel. and more commercial businesses.
Speaking at the launch of the Liverpool City Region 10-year growth plan at the University of Liverpool, Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram confirmed the aim could be to alter The Strand and make it go underground and under the new King Edward project.
Explaining the idea, he told the ECHO: “We (the combined authority) will provide the means for others to do some of these things. “For example, if we have the desire to take over the Strand and then have it pop up somewhere else, we will need the strategic authority working with the city council to do that.
“Our aim is, if we build the first part of it, how do we connect it in some way? “At the moment Leeds Street and The Strand are on our way.
He added: “So wouldn’t it be great if we could overcome that as a barrier and then connect the entire corridor?”
Speaking at an event last year, Liverpool Council’s head of planning, Samantha Campbell, floated the idea of transformation.
In comments reported by Place North West, Ms Campbell said the sinking of The Strand was a “radical intervention” that could create a seamless connection between the city center and the rest of the northern docks in the King Edward Triangle and beyond.
King Edward’s plans are progressing with the submission of a planning application in June for a 28-storey, 255-unit building that will form part of the development. It is understood that a decision will be made this autumn.
