Work to start on Liverpool connectivity scheme

A far-reaching multimillion-pound scheme designed to make Liverpool city centre easier to navigate is to begin in the New Year.Liverpool City Council has appointed GRAHAM Construction to undertake the first package of works for what has been dubbed the Liverpool City Centre Connectivity (LCCC) scheme, which will focus on re-engineering major routes from the commercial district through to the retail and knowledge districts.The works will begin in January 2019 with the widening of pavements, removal of bus layovers, as well as tree-planting and new public realm features in Victoria Street, running from North John Street to the Queensway Tunnel.Expected to complete at the end of October, these will complement the new Victoria Street Car Park, which opened last December, and the refurbishment of the Metquarter retail and leisure hub.The other elements of this first package will involve a new city centre bus hub on Old Haymarket, improvement works to Brownlow Hill to support the city council’s masterplan for the Knowledge Quarter Gateway, improvements to Tithebarn Street and Moorfields, and an improved city coach park by expanding the existing facility on Riverside Drive to accommodate 30 vehicles.The LCCC scheme is one of the flagship highways projects in the city council’s wider £500m Better Roads programme.