Plans to reconstruct an historic monument and relocate distinctive tunnel toll booths will help shape an “iconic” gateway to Liverpool city centre.
Last week planning permission was approved for a Merseytravel project which will dramatically change the Liverpool entrance to the Queensway Tunnel. The rubber stamped proposal will see an historic lighting column reproduced as well as the return of distinctive toll booths.
From around 1934 to the 1960s, a lighting column and monument designed by Herbet James Rose was the centrepiece of the tunnel entrance. It was part of a pair with its twin still standing on the Birkenhead side of the tunnel on Chester Street.
