The council will build a network of temporary cycle lanes to help kickstart the city’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, following a review of traffic movements in the city that will also see the Merseyrail local rail network increase services from Monday.
The light rail networks that serve Liverpool and Greater Manchester city regions may have to suspend operations as severely reduced passenger numbers hit revenues, metro mayors Steve Rotheram and Andy Burnham said.
Liverpool City Council will take advantage of the quiet roads to carry out improvements to Princes Avenue and Princes Road which connect Toxteth with the Georgian Quarter.
The Port of Liverpool’s deep-water container terminal has broken a new terminal record after a boat docked and exchanged 5,400 containers, the highest number seen from a single vessel since the port extension opened in 2016.
The proposed £120m redesign of Liverpool’s Rocket junction, the congestion hotspot at the end of the M62, is to advance to the next stage after the Department for Transport confirmed it would contribute £1.25m towards an outline business case.
This year will see fresh services launched including a development map to complement news stories and branded content production for partners.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suggested more control over rail services could be devolved to the North, although details of timings and funding are yet to be confirmed.
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has approved investment of £172m into public and sustainable transport across the City Region, including into stations, Mersey ferries, and cycling routes.
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is to invest nearly £173m in 18 transport and infrastructure schemes, including the creation of new train stations in the Baltic Triangle and at Headbolt Lane, along with major interventions in the region's cycling network.
Schemes in Cumbria, Wigan, Cheadle, and Liverpool have all been put forward as part of a £700m funding pitch to the Government by Transport for the North.
