Liverpool picks projects for first SIF allocations

Merseytravel has been granted permission to build its first new rail station in more than a decade, Maghull North on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network.

Construction teams are preparing to install a set of giant concrete beams for a new road viaduct in Widnes, as part of the creation of a junction to take traffic to the Mersey Gateway bridge.

Routes from the Daresbury and Bridgewater Expressways to the southbound Central Expressway, towards Halton Lea, will both open eight weeks earlier than expected on 22 December.

The Mersey Gateway's bridge-building machine MSS Webster has built the section of the approach road in Runcorn that will take traffic across the Manchester Ship Canal and onto the new bridge.

Two new gantries are being erected along the Bridgewater Expressway in Runcorn over the next month so testing of tolling technology can be carried out, ahead of the Mersey Gateway opening in autumn 2017.

The south pylon of Mersey Gateway bridge pylons has been completed, marking the project’s highest point in the River Mersey estuary. The south pylon stands at impressive 125 metres high, while the north pylon, which will be complete in the next few days, measures 110 metres.

Arriva, Stagecoach and Merseytravel have signed a partnership agreement to govern bus services in Liverpool city region.

Network Rail is using virtual reality technology to save time, money and improve safety as it prepares to redevelop Liverpool Lime Street.

Merseylink Consortium has completed a new footbridge over the Central Expressway at Halton Lodge in Runcorn, one of 12 bridges being replaced or upgraded as part of the £540m Mersey Gateway second river crossing project.