Merseyrail chooses three for framework

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.

Construction of the £30m ferry terminal at Liverpool Waters is on course to begin in the summer after the city council gave the scheme the green light at planning committee.

Work on Liverpool’s £30m Isle of Man ferry terminal is set to begin in the summer with the scheme in line to secure planning permission next week.

A stretch of the A59 is to undergo a £6m improvement scheme, covering between Great Mersey Street and Queens Drive in Walton.

Engineering works will begin on Monday on Liverpool's Waterloo Road and Regent Road, meaning a full closure to traffic for four weeks.

A station commission chaired by the chief executive of Everton FC has been created to co-ordinate the delivery of a new station in Liverpool city centre, with Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson telling the Government "to put its money where its mouth is" to fund the project. 

Plans for a bus layover hub at Old Haymrket in Liverpool city centre have been approved, in the face of opposition from councillors and business figures including Signature Living’s Lawrence Kenwright.

Liverpool City Council’s planning committee will again discuss proposals for a bus hub at Old Haymarket after deferring a decision on the scheme earlier this year.

The two roads, opened in the 1970s as part of Liverpool’s abandoned inner ring road scheme, will be demolished in the summer after a review found both were “no longer adequate to carry vehicles or pedestrians”.