GALLERY | Liverpool showcases Isle of Man ferry terminal

Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram has revealed he and the Liverpool City Region leaders are considering the potential for an overhead railway to return to the waterfront.

Liverpool City Council and architect Stride Treglown have outlined the latest vision for the city’s £50m cruise liner terminal ahead of construction work starting early next year.

Manchester Oxford Road has been named as the British station with the most delayed trains, according to consumer product researcher Which.

The £140m overhaul of Liverpool Lime Street railway station has completed with all the station's platforms now brought into full use, following a 12-month upgrade programme that also saw an emergency closure in January.

Contractor Osborne is to begin work this week on installing underground utility trenches as part of the £22m Great Howard Street upgrade, meaning the lanes inbound to Liverpool city centre from its northern fringe will be closed for four weeks from Blackstone Street.

Manchester suffers the worst traffic congestion of any English location outside London, according to the National Infrastructure Commission, with Liverpool close behind in second.

The Isle of Man Government and Peel have agreed a long-term leasehold for a new ferry terminal at Princess Half Tide Dock in Liverpool with the development scheduled to open in 2021.

Kevin Riley has rejoined WSP after 15 years at Aecom and most recently Mott MacDonald, as director of transport in the Liverpool office.