Originally Posted by
Patrick-t
Wallasey, a fantastic bit of footage you have found... I was making a very large documentary at that time (1999), for exhibition that later exhibited through out the UK. If I knew that film was about I would have loved to have chatted to the makers of it.
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Will Tesco get its shop built? (Lets hope not)....
What do you all think about the new project to build a New York skyline for the area?
Fantastic!! The old Victorian seaside town has gone, you can't reverse it and bring it back as it will just not happen. Permanently densely populating the area is the way and it improves the dowdy image of the place. However it needs attractions for the locals and to attract from the Mersey/Dee region.
The Mersey Barrage is the big aspect here for any plans. It has to be known if this is going ahead and at what point along the river - there are suggestions for one between Dingle and Bebington. It has great benefits and the best place for it is around New Brighton to Bootle. It could carry a road too and maybe a rail line as well further joining the two sides of the river - hopefully with the Wirral merging with Liverpool city.
Large locks for Ocean going ships would be in it of course and access to Seaforth container terminal ideally via the tidal Liverpool Bay. The barrage can also act against surge tides and tsunamis - yes one hit the Bristol Channel in the 1600s. A small underwater earthquake can trigger them. The barrage has to ensure water does not move around the sides of the barrage, as can happen to the Thames barrier.
A locked in river is a great asset. Ships can moor on the river side of the dock walls and hopefully reducing berthing fees and water leisure facilities will benefit greatly too using a low current large pool of water. Maybe all the existing lock gates will be made redundant and free access to all docks at all times. The Mersey at low tide is not a nice thing. The colour of the water will change for the better from the brownie sandy colour it usually is.
Any beaches would need to be on the seaward side of a New Brighton barrage.
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