Originally Posted by
Broliv
By introducting a rail link from LSP going to the airport taking in the estuary busisness park, the airport and speke. Peel get a direct rail link to their airport. More money for them, we get peel to contribute to the rail link amungst other things. Speke gets a train station which it needs and we'd get extra cash to invest in other areas.
As long as they do contribute. Peel have to be controlled, otherwise they will ruin the city. That is done having as many firm policies in place for them to work inside.
What the council should be doing is liasing with them now to say "look guys, sure build there but filling in of the docks is not allowed.
The council is not doing that at all. They have no firm policy on water spaces. Peel want to charge companies to fill in the docks and then make a killing on the newly created land. They care nothing of history or heritage.
In fact while your there can you dig out trafalger dock. It is after all something as important to the world as the pyramids. We'll try and do something to help you (i.e try and get the government to give us powers to create a Land value tax area within the city say the world heritage areas (Trafagla dock would have to be out filled to meet the criteria), this would also attract other busisnesses and allow them to re-develop grade listed buildings at a lesser price than today. Making Liverpool even more attractive for investment)" Instead of stringing them along. Peel will get a nasty shock when they submit the design proposal If they go along with the current plan.
I fully agree. Clarence Dock is historically important, as 1.3 million starving Irish came through the port via this dock.
Below: Original Clarence Dock:
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Below: As it is filed in today. The outline of the granite quays can be seen.
Quite easy to excavate. The pictures shows the level of infilling (land by stealth). Some people are on about how an Irish connection should be in the city, then this could be around an excavated Clarence Dock. The Irish Dock.
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