The Waterloo Road/Regent Road corridor will reopen in both directions from 6am on Monday following essential works relating to the new Isle of Man ferry terminal
Liverpool’s Dock Road will reopen to traffic on Monday, December 10, following a month-long closure to enable works relating to the new Isle of Man ferry terminal.
The Waterloo Road/Regent Road corridor will reopen in both directions from 6am now that underground utility and drainage works for the new £7.6m waterfront link road have been installed.
The link road is being built to service the terminal at Princes Dock and to support the construction of new residential developments now on site in Peel Land and Property’s £5bn Liverpool Waters scheme.
From Monday the parallel route on Great Howard Street/Derby Road (A565) will be reduced to a single lane in both directions to allow the scheme’s contractor, Osborne, to continue the next phase of a £22m project to create a full dual carriageway from Bootle to Liverpool city centre and the upgrade of Waterloo and Regent Road.
The temporary lane closures on the A565 will be:
- Great Howard Street, single lane running in either direction between Bentinck Street and Chadwick Street
- Derby Road, single lane running in either direction between Millers Bridge and Bankfield Street
This new dual carriageway and dock road works, which will complete in autumn 2019, are just one of four highways schemes allowed to continue in the run up to Christmas after Liverpool City Council suspended all non-essential roadworks until the New Year.
Cllr James Noakes, Cabinet Member for Highways, said: “The North Liverpool corridor is a hugely complex highways scheme involving an immense amount of engineering works on two major roads at the same time.
“To ensure traffic flows this scheme can only be carried out by a phased approach which means some weeks there are full road closures and some weeks just lane closures.
“We really appreciate the patience of motorists as these essential works are carried out and fortunately there are other alternative routes. Of course, schemes of this nature cause disruption but the long term gains of this investment in north Liverpool’s infrastructure are going to help redefine our city’s economic future.”