Residents divided as Liverpool unveils 'fancy' Merseyfront plans

Liverpool council has unveiled an ambitious and controversial 30-year plan to transform the city’s historic waterfront.

An aerial view of Liverpool showing the Liver Building and the River Mersey waterfront(Image: Getty Images)

Liverpool ECHO readers have heard the city is set to unveil an ambitious new vision for its historic waterfront, aiming to "reclaim the banks of the Mersey" for residents and overhaul one of the city centre’s busiest road junctions. The Liverpool Waterfront Vision outlines a 30-year plan focused on public life, sustainability, and connectivity, with the goal of reconnecting the city centre to the waterfront to make it safer, healthier, and more accessible.

A central feature is the Merseyfront Walkway, a continuous “green ribbon” linking Otterspool in the south to the Hill Dickinson Stadium in the north, serving as a social, ecological, and active-travel backbone for the city. The plan also proposes sinking traffic at the........

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