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City Centre Movement Strategy (CCMS)

Artists impression of University Square, Liverpool (now built)

Since 2005, the City Council has been working on a £73 million programme to improve the roads, streets and public spaces in Liverpool City Centre.  Our aim is to make the environment better for pedestrians, cars and public transport, and to create a friendly city centre that is safe, clean and attractive.  The improved rail and bus facilities will also help to make the city more attractive for business, shopping, tourism and leisure, whilst the increased investment this brings will have economic benefits for the whole Merseyside area.  

Some of Liverpools award winning streetscape schemes

Much of the work has now been completed.  This includes schemes such as:- 

  • Greater Williamson Square
  • the Cavern Quarter
  • Covent Garden Quarter
  • Church Street / Lord Street / Whitechapel
  • Hope Street
  • Hunter Street / Byrom Street
  • Renshaw Street / Berry Street
  • Tithebarn Street / Chapel Street
  • East Moorfields / Hewitts Place / Vernon Street. 
  • Lime Street / Skelhorne Street

More recently, we have completed University Square off Brownlow Hill/Mount Pleasant and the prestige Pier Head improvements finished in tandem with the new £18.5m extension to the Leeds-Liverpool canal. 

Derby Square and further improvements to The Strand are currently underway, whilst one of our largest schemes - the Hall Lane Strategic Gateway - is due to commence in the summer of 2009. 

Further phases of the strategy will take place up to 2011 in the Knowledge Quarter around the University,  the Baltic Triangle area, Castle Street and the Dale Street/Victoria Street area. Work in these areas will be mainly improvements to the public realm.

We have also been supported in the programme by Merseytravel, who have introduced new bus lanes, improved bus stops and passenger information systems, and are continuing to make substantial investment in the underground Merseyrail network to meet the demands of Liverpool's ever-growing use of public transport.

We are proud of the achievements we have made over these last few years.  Our high standards and successes have received national recognition and won awards:

  • CCMS has just won the Centre for Construction Innovation's 2009 NW Construction Award, People and Places category.

  • The City Centre Public Realm Implementation Framework (document drawn up to act as a guide the improvement scheme) won the Landscape Institute National Urban Design Award in 2008.

  • The Liverpool Canal Link and Pier Head improvements won the NW Institute of Highways & Transportation "Transport Project of the Year" award in 2009, and also won the waterways category in the national Street Design awards.

  • Hope Street's £2.8million repaving scheme, completed in summer 2006, won the LGN Highways Award 2007.  The Local Government News Street Design Awards reward excellence in highway improvement design for schemes constructed in the last five years. Hope Street was also a finalist in the Horticulture Week Awards 2007.

  • Phase One (Greater Williamson Square, Cavern Quarter, Covent Garden, East Moorfields) which won the National Transport Award 2006 (Pedestrian and Walking category).  This scheme was also highly commended in the LGN Streetscape Award 2005, and also received a Civic Trust Award commendation in 2006.

  • City Centre Feature Lighting which illuminates many of the city centre's key buildings at night won the LGN Streetscape 2005 National Lighting Award, and was also commended in the RTPI (Royal Town Planning Institute) Lighting Awards in 2005.    
European Regional Development Fund logo

The City Centre Movement Strategy is supported by Merseytravel and Liverpool Vision, and the work is funded by the following parties: 

  • Northwest Regional  Development Agency 
  • Central Government through the Merseyside Local Transport Plan 
  • Objective One Programme   

The City Centre Public Realm Implementation Framework provides a hierarchy to Liverpool's streets and squares, public realm policy and a palette of materials.

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