Halsnead Garden Village grant set for final sign-off

Plans for a Sainsbury’s supermarket at Meols Cop retail park in Southport were last night deferred until 31 July by Sefton’s planning committee, following late representations.

Sefton Council and contractor John Sisk & Son have kicked off a project to add two “missing” slip roads at Junction 1 of the M58 nearly Maghull.

The transport organisation has named the successful bidders for its five-year £10m framework, for construction works across its stations estate.

There will now be hourly rail services linking North Wales and Cheshire to Liverpool, due to the £14m reopening of the Halton Curve track.

Companies including Pell Frischmann, IBI, Waterman, Aecom, and Arup have secured a place on a framework covering disciplines such as engineering consultancy, public affairs, quantity surveying, and architecture.

A planning application for the A5036 Port of Liverpool access road is likely to come forward early next year after Sefton Council decided not to appeal a High Court decision on the £335m project.

Bank Hall station has now shut for more than a month while the Wirral Loop Line will close between Christmas and New Year as Merseyrail continues preparations for the introduction of new trains in 2020.

Sefton Council has lost its legal fight to order Highways England to re-consult on proposals to ease traffic on the A5036 Dunnings Bridge Road by building a dual carriageway through Rimrose Valley country park.