Residents are being invited to submit their views over plans to create a new £50 million Cruise Terminal Facility on the River Mersey.

Proposals by Liverpool City Council include removing Princes Jetty and building a new terminal within a statement building, on a new suspended deck structure in the Mersey.

Other features include a new passenger and baggage facility complete with passport control, lounge, café, toilets, taxi rank and vehicle pick up point. Further planning applications could potentially include supplemental projects with a new 200 room hotel and 1,700+ multi-storey car park.

Engineering consultancy firm Ramboll has been appointed to lead the team behind the project, which includes architects Stride Treglown, cost managers Gardiner & Theobald, global planning and property consultants JLL, and landscape architects Hyland Edgar Driver.

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Tender documents for procurement of a main contractor on a two-stage contract award basis is expected to be issued in later part of October 2017. Tenders for progressing the site investigation works have already been invited.

Local residents and businesses are now being invited to view and discuss the proposals with the project team at the Cunard Building, Water Street, between 2pm – 7pm on 20 and 21 September.

Subject to planning and funding approval, the construction works are expected to start in summer 2018.

Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, said: "A new cruise facility is vital if we want to continue to grow Liverpool's tourism economy. We want to welcome the next generation of super liners and passengers to the Mersey and provide a world class welcome and a five star experience.

"A new cruise facility will also be a huge boost to our plans to regenerate the North Liverpool docklands and create thousands of new jobs which is why we have put together one of the very best teams of experts to ensure we build a facility to the very highest standards.

"Everyone in Liverpool has a connection to the river and I expect this consultation event will be very popular. We're excited by the plans and we're keen for the public to see what they have developed."

Ian Pollitt, Assistant Project Director at Liverpool Waters, said: "We are delighted at the progress the city council is making with the new terminal proposals. We are working very closely with them and our other partners to progress the development and this public consultation is a key stepping stone in that process."

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