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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Wesley Holmes

Controversial Rimrose Valley dual carriageway plans set back years

Controversial plans to bulldoze a nature reserve to make way for a dual carriageway have been majorly set back.

Work to create the access road linking the Port of Liverpool and the motorway through the middle of Rimrose Valley, South Sefton, was supposed to begin in 2020, three years after National Highways announced the proposals in 2017. Now the scheme has been delayed once again due to economic struggles.

In a statement yesterday, Transport Secretary Mark Harper said inflation caused by war in Ukraine and supply chain issues due to Covid-19 were to blame for delays in a number of major road investments, including Rimrose Valley.

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