Johnson: We can do so much better for Northern railways

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has approved investment of £172m into public and sustainable transport across the City Region, including into stations, Mersey ferries, and cycling routes.

The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is to invest nearly £173m in 18 transport and infrastructure schemes, including the creation of new train stations in the Baltic Triangle and at Headbolt Lane, along with major interventions in the region's cycling network.

Schemes in Cumbria, Wigan, Cheadle, and Liverpool have all been put forward as part of a £700m funding pitch to the Government by Transport for the North.

The city council has put forward a bid to the Government to radically remodel the junction with the M62, including knocking down the Queens Drive flyover, in a bid to cut congestion.

Knowsley Council is poised to accept a £12m grant from Liverpool City Region Combined Authority's strategic investment fund, to deliver access routes into the Halsnead Garden Village site. 

The demolition of the Churchill Way flyovers in Liverpool could be completed by the end of the year, at a cost of £6.75m, with a masterplan to be created to guide the future of the available land. 

Permanent repairs are now under way on a section of wall at Liverpool Lime Street station which collapsed onto railway tracks more than two years ago.

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

Two of the Greater Manchester tram network’s lines will be closed for improvement works over the Easter weekend, while Virgin services to London will terminate short of the capital.