RESIDENTS and workers have welcomed plans to transform a rundown Liverpool high street and create scores of jobs.

The multi-million pound scheme would see ageing buildings in the centre of Edge Hill pulled down and replaced with shops and flats.

At the centre of the Wavertree Road development would be a new Taskers DIY superstore, generating 100 jobs, and a large supermarket.

Smaller shops, blocks of flats, and offices, including new premises for Wavertree customer focus centre and JobCentre Plus, would also be built.

Liverpool council is now working with developer Neptune and Taskers on a detailed plan. continues.....