Residents in Liverpool are being invited to view the latest designs for a multi-million pound regeneration programme near Lime Street.

The scheme aims to create a new event space outside St George's Hall, as well as expand the current plateau into Lime Street, as part of the £45 million Liverpool City Centre Connectivity (LCCC) Scheme to improve how people move around Liverpool city centre.

A two-day public exhibition on the Lime Street phase, which is central to phase one of the LCCC Scheme, will be held from 10am – 6pm at Central Library today, 07 March and at No 1 Mann Island on Thursday, 08 March.

Work to widen St George's plateau will get underway in Spring next year. Part of Lime Street will be reduced to a single carriageway with traffic redirected down St John's Lane. Other features include an expanded public realm in front of Lime Street station and the installation of a new water feature at the southern end of the plateau.

The second stage of phase one will see the installation of new bridges at Canning Dock and a series of highways improvements along The Strand.

Deputy Mayor of Liverpool, Cllr Ann O'Byrne, said: "Liverpool's international appeal to visitors and investors has blossomed over the past decade and a widened St George's plateau is going to create a major new event space for the city.

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"As well as enhancing a major gateway into the city this new scheme also addresses many of our current and future needs to improve the city centre welcome and provide an experience befitting a world class city.

"With a growing residential population, a huge rise in visitors and major developments in the pipeline, how we navigate around the city centre needs a radical rethink in key locations and some major improvements.

"This first phase which will also create a new bus hub, a new coach park and upgrades to cycling and pedestrian routes from the Knowledge Quarter to the Waterfront will open up a new world of possibilities for investors, event organisers and travel operators to further accelerate the future growth of the city centre and wider city region.

"This is a scheme that will make a huge difference to how everyone from residents, workers, shoppers, students and tourists can enjoy Liverpool."

The LCCC Scheme will be completed in 2020. The first stage of phase one is to begin this Autumn along the following schedule;

• Summer '18 to Winter '18 – Moorfields: Improving the footways and introducing new trees to enhance the area and the entrance into Moorfields Station

• Summer '18 to Winter '18 – City Bus Hub: Creating a new bus layover with welfare facilities in Old Haymarket for buses leaving Queen Square bus station so reducing congestion and pollution in the city centre

• Summer '18 to Spring '19 – Victoria Street: Public space will be upgraded, creating wider footways and options for street cafés.

• Spring '19 to Autumn '19 – Lime Street: Creating a new gateway into the city from Liverpool Lime Street Station and a new events space for St George's Plateau

• Spring '19 to Autumn '19 – City Coach Park: Provision of one location for dedicated off street coach parking, supporting visitor to the City Centre attractions

• Summer '19 to Spring '20 – Tithebarn Street: Creation of new cycleway to enhance links with Lime Street and the Waterfront

• Autumn '19 to Spring '20 – Brownlow Hill: Creating a new cycle link with Lime Street, and improved public areas that create a place for enjoying and accessing the Knowledge Quarter.

(LM)