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Amendments to the controversial redesign of one of Liverpool’s major roads will be put to committee next week as the city looks to complete a problematic project.

The Isle of Man government will be asked to approve the funding to enable completion of the project, now expected in summer 2023 at a cost of £70m, more than double the original estimate.

Final works on the £8.3m Bootle branch rail line upgrade have been completed, delivering a doubling of freight train capacity to and from the Peel Ports-owned container terminal.

Northern Trains, a subsidiary of the Department for Transport’s holding company Dft OLR, has applied to revamp Broad Green station. 

The Port of Garston will benefit from a share of £5m that Associated British Ports plans to spend on preparing vacant plots for redevelopment in a bid to support the UK’s supply chain, including the manufacturing and renewable energy sectors. 

Network Rail has lodged a planning application with Knowsley Council for a train station in Kirkby that will see the Merseyrail network extended and potentially connected to Skelmersdale in the future. 

The supermarket group’s plans for a 20,000 sq ft Speke store were unanimously approved, with the Canadian coffee brand now lined up for the mixed-use scheme.

Highways projects totalling almost £5m remain unfinished after the city council’s previous contractor Vital Infrastructure Asset Management collapsed last month. 

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