A road improvement scheme worth hundreds of thousands of pounds is to get underway on the Liverpool-Knowsley border next week.
As part of its multi-million pound highways investment programme, Liverpool Council has enlisted contractors to begin work on a major upgrade of Bowring Park Road for up to 20 weeks. The scheme, which has been funded by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, will include a resurfacing of the road network.
An upgrade of the highway drainage gullies, installation of new crossings, pavement upgrades and improvements to existing bus stops that will include new shelters at Chelwood Road shops will be included as part of the work that could last up to five months. In March last year, Liverpool Council signed off on almost £25m last week to repair more than 100 roads across the city as part of its highways investment programme.
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As part of the scheme, the city will be divided into three areas - North, South and Central - in a bid to tackle priority areas in need of refurbishment. The road network is the largest physical asset owned by Liverpool Council.
Following that decision, Mayor of Liverpool Joanne Anderson said the state of the city’s roads had to change. She said the “problem” with Liverpool’s roads was “really visible” to see across the city after delays to resurfacing projects in previous years.
Mayor Anderson said that new capital funding would hopefully bring an end to people’s frustration with the city’s network. Funding for the programme, which includes Bowring Park Road, comes from a mix of sources including the City Region Combined Authority and the Department of Transport.
A complex scheme is classed as one that is subject to additional interventions/design considerations, such as active travel, and changes to the traffic regulation order, or with an estimated cost of £1m or more. The priority criteria will be set at three or above and if the road has five accidents or more in the previous five years.
The new approach taken by the council over the last 12 months was developed in response to criticism from the Best Value report by Max Caller CBE in 2021 on how investment in highways had been managed previously.
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