The Mount Pleasant corridor of Liverpool City Centre is to be transformed with a £6m scheme due to start on site in March 2010.

The project will deliver improvements along Mount Pleasant, Upper Mount Pleasant, Rodney Street, Clarence Street, Oxford Street and create a new public space in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral.

There will be major improvements to the junction of Mount Pleasant and Hope Street, creating a public area in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral and reducing the amount of traffic which can use Upper Mount Pleasant which will now be for buses, taxis and access to the car parks only.

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The scheme has been funded by the Northwest Development Agency, the European Regional Development Fund with contributions from both the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University.

Councillor Peter Millea, Liverpool City Council's Executive Member for Assets and Development, said: "We have carried out extensive consultation on this scheme and we are very pleased to be moving ahead on target towards a start on site in March 2010. "We have already carried out major regeneration works in this area and this will be the final piece of the jigsaw, creating a safe and pleasant area for residents, businesses, students and visitors to enjoy."

The project is the third phase of the Knowledge Quarter Public Realm Programme, a programme of public realm improvements being delivered by Liverpool City Council and Liverpool Vision, together with key stakeholders including the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University.

The City Council's Executive Board has approved the scheme and a start on site is expected in March 2010.

(CD/GK)