Liverpool canal boat and water taxi dock approved
Liverpool City Council has given planning consent to create a canal boat marina at Brunswick Dock’s under-used Southern Basin, which will also include a water taxi pick-up and drop-off point.
The 44-berth marina will provide additional berths for canal boat visitors, along with access from Brunswick Way. A facilities centre will be built on a floating pontoon in the dock basin, which includes showers, laundry, and storage services. The basin will also provide direct connections with the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
The proposals by architect and planner Cass Associates also includes a pick-up and drop-off point for water taxis to encourage the use of services along the city’s waterfront.
There are currently 350 berths at the current marina, with the new proposals increasing the number of berths to 394. It is hoped that by creating an additional space for canal boats at the dock’s southern end, the proposals will free up more room for other vessels within Brunswick Dock.
The Southern Basin sits opposite Brunswick Way and next to the Travelodge by the Sefton Street roundabout. It also sits opposite the Royal Navy’s Northern Regional Headquarters. Consultations were held with local residents, businesses, and the Royal Navy before plans were lodged.
I welcome innovative ideas such as the water taxi, to attract tourist trade but hope that consideration for people with disabilities, those with limited mobility and wheelchair users are included.
All schemes and designs are much better for and inclusive when their is involvement of an access consultant and/ or consultation with local disability representative groups. Here in Liverpool we have a Council constituted committee , the Corporate Access Forum, well worth bringing your planning proposals to .
By John Bruce
Is anything happening with this development? Would be nice to see it come forward.
By Anonymous