Results 1 to 6 of 6

Thread: The Strand "Motorway" problem..

  1. #1
    Goin' up up up The Teardrop Explodes's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    London
    Posts
    183

    Default The Strand "Motorway" problem..

    How long do you think we're

    going to have to put up with this uneccesary no-mans-land between city and waterfront? I know there have been tentative investigations into the viability of

    sinking it in to a tunnel and the like, but there must be a point coming with all the investment coming into the area whereby we just might be able to afford

    to do it? If we don't do something soonish we'll have to wait for the next 'boom' who knows when?

    I just imagine how valuable a strip of prime

    waterfront real estate might be created if we say, halved the width of it from the Baltic to the Princes. We could earmark the land for an independently

    occupied developement of locally-owned, Ramblas-style 24hour entertainment...or something.

    I suppose the creation of the new bus terminal throws in a

    spanner in the works like.

  2. #2
    Member Louis's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Location
    Liverpool
    Age
    37
    Posts
    69

    Default

    is this cotw in disguise?


  3. #3
    Senior Member SteH's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    Childwall, Liverpool
    Posts
    611

    Default

    In the 60s the original idea was for the

    Strand/Wapping etc to be an elevated motorway.

  4. #4
    Goin' up up up The Teardrop Explodes's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    London
    Posts
    183

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Louis View Post
    is

    this cotw in disguise?
    Eh?

  5. #5
    Senior Member Waterways's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
    Posts
    2,924
    Blog Entries
    22

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by The Teardrop Explodes View Post
    How long do you think we're going to have to put up with this uneccesary no-mans-land between city and waterfront? I

    know there have been tentative investigations into the viability of sinking it in to a tunnel and the like, but there must be a point coming with all the

    investment coming into the area whereby we just might be able to afford to do it? If we don't do something soonish we'll have to wait for the next 'boom'

    who knows when?

    I just imagine how valuable a strip of prime waterfront real estate might be created if we say, halved the width of it from the Baltic

    to the Princes. We could earmark the land for an independently occupied developement of locally-owned, Ramblas-style 24hour entertainment...or

    something.

    I suppose the creation of the new bus terminal throws in a spanner in the works like.
    The centre is speading out onto the

    dock waterways - so the they tell us. There is no need for the Dock Rd at all. It should be cut up and not be an urban mortorway, as it acts as a large

    barrier separating the dock waterways from the hinterland. Of course it should be intact on the commercial north end section - as that was its intention, a

    service road for commercial docks.

    Through traffic can run around the centre on the land side.

    There has been no joined up thinking, no master

    plan for the docks - UNESCO criticised the council for not having one. If there wasa master plane, then bus stations would not be in inappriopriate places,

    and the Dock road running through the centre can become a semi-pedestrianised Ramblas style of affair. Even a park could be extended right up to Canning

    Dock quays. The city then would be moving onto the dock waterways and riverfront - the way it should be.

    Whichever way you look at it the Dock road

    has to go.
    Last edited by Waterways; 11-06-2006 at 04:57 PM.
    The new Amsterdam at Liverpool?
    Save Liverpool Docks and Waterways - Click

    Deprived of its unique dockland waters Liverpool
    becomes a Venice without canals, just another city, no
    longer of special interest to anyone, least of all the
    tourist. Would we visit a modernised Venice of filled in
    canals to view its modern museum describing
    how it once was?


    Giving Liverpool a full Metro - CLICK
    Rapid-transit rail: Everton, Liverpool & Arena - CLICK

    Save Royal Iris - Sign Petition

  6. #6
    Help find Madeleine Sloyne's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Posts
    238

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Waterways View Post
    There is no need for the Dock Rd at all. It acts as

    a large barrier separating the dock waterways from the hinterland.
    So true.

Similar Threads

  1. "Old Trash" - Phantom Black Dogs around the Formby/Southport area
    By johnreppion in forum Liverpool Folklore and Oddities
    Replies: 34
    Last Post: 08-07-2010, 12:40 AM

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •