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Project Jennifer road
improvements to begin!
WORK gets underway on Monday, 11
January 2016, on vital highways improvements around the Project Jennifer
site in Liverpool. The scheme, which affects part of Scotland Road
around Stanley Road, Kirkdale Road and Great Homer Street, includes a new
traffic signal junction, an access road to the development site and much
needed resurfacing. The £6 million scheme will mean lane restrictions,
temporary signals and night time closures until September 2016.
Councillor Malcolm Kennedy, Cabinet member for regeneration said:- "We
are taking the opportunity to not just create an entrance to the Project
Jennifer site, but also put in new traffic lights and carry out a much
needed resurfacing of the road. Anyone who uses that route regularly knows
that the road surface desperately needed replacing and when it is completed
this work will make for a much smoother journey for motorists. I know this
will cause some delays for motorists, but we have carefully planned the work
to minimise disruption and major closures will take place at night so they
impact on as few people as possible."
Work on four other major schemes totalling £9 million is also getting
underway over the next few weeks. They are as follows:-
► Queens Drive/Mill Lane (Now underway and running until April 2016);
Junction improvement and improved pedestrian crossing facilities for new
retail stores and HQ for Merseyside School For Deaf (£500k).
► Smithdown Road from Gainsborough Road to Allerton Road (work will run over
18 January 2016 until August 2016); Highways maintenance and resurfacing,
junction improvements and improved crossing facilities. There will be lane
restrictions, temporary signals and night time closures (£3.5 million).
► Queen Square Bus Station (January 24 to March 2016); Highway maintenance,
resurfacing and traffic signals upgrade (£620k). There will be lane
restrictions and night time closures.
► East Lancs Road from Stopgate Lane to Retail Park (February 2016 to August
2016); Highways maintenance and resurfacing. There will be lane
restrictions, temporary signals and night time closures (£4.5 million).
Cllr. Kennedy added:- "We know all of this work will cause some
relatively short term disruption for motorists, but the condition of the
roads is one of the biggest complaints we get and unfortunately we can't fix
them without closing off lanes. It is vital that we have got an
infrastructure that is fit for a modern, growing City."
Last year, the City Council agreed to dramatically speed up its £80 million
roads investment programme to tackle a significant chunk of the backlog of
highway repairs by 2019. It is being funded from a mix of the sale of assets
such as land and buildings (known as capital receipts), borrowing and
external funding from utility companies. Separately, another £85
million is being spent on infrastructure improvements in the next few years,
with funding coming from cash pots including the Growth Deal and the
Highways Challenge Fund.
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