Wirral Developments and Regeneration

**Paul D** · 09-05-2006

**Kev** · 09-05-2006

Very bling i must say, a striking view.

**Paul D** · 09-05-2006

I think it's absolutely stunning!!

**Waterways** · 09-05-2006

Originally Posted by FKoE

But we are not Hamburg, we are not Amsterdam, we are not even Salford Quays ....

Did'nt Cardiff fill a few duckponds in to create its new iconic waterfront ?

We are not Cardiff either.

**Waterways** · 09-05-2006

Originally Posted by Paul D

I think it's absolutely stunning!!

So far so good. I like what I see. The appear to be using the waterwasy to good effect. But the devil is in the detail. How many of thsoe blocks are multi-floor cars parks. Any on the quays? Is it to be a sterile, lifeless car based area?

Will they come in with a last minute proposal to fill in part or whole of some dcoks, like at West Waterloo?

FKoE · 09-05-2006

Originally Posted by Waterways

We are not Cardiff either.

No but, Cardiff is THE 'POOLS nearest comparable neighbour

, we are not Barrow we are not Bristol ... Either !!

Wany to make Glasgow an issue ?

**petecarr** · 09-05-2006

That looks fantastic. They really do need something for all those visitors to Liverpool to look at.

**wallasey** · 09-05-2006

I hope you all realise that this will be surrounded by grot though!

Birkenhead's slightly less glamerous side is round here as is Wallasey's! The 12 Quay's ferry terminal is infront so you will have freight trucks rolling on and off all the time oh, and Tower Road is pretty much conjested now. Especially the roundabout at the end of the Dock Road in Seacombe.

It would be great to see built but I am concerned about the surrounding areas and what impacts to the local road network a development like this would have. Forget the Mersey Tunnel Portal being opened up off Rendall Street; the intersection would have to be controlled by signals and for a tunnel with quite sizable traffic flows, signals and standing traffic would be a bad idea.

I would be very interested to see how the transport networks are incorporated into these designs because if they don't, the road network will not be able to cope with the influx of people.

**Waterways** · 09-05-2006

Originally Posted by wallasey

I hope you all realise that this will be surrounded by grot though!

Initially maybe. As time goes on the houses will be replaced/new residents inside.

This project makes it clear that Wallasey and Birkenhead should be one place and this waterway the centre - what a centre. Or have both incorporated within Liverpool. The potential on those docks is amazing. Only the West Float will be commercial shipping, so the ships have to sail through the towers - which is good. Eventually when West Float is redundant another similar scheme can be around West Float.

I see they are building a retail oulet on the infiled Bidson Dock. What a waste!!! The docks fillers triumph again.

**petecarr** · 09-05-2006

Originally Posted by wallasey

I hope you all realise that this will be surrounded by grot though!

Yeah quite true, but its working in Salford.

**lindylou** · 09-06-2006

Pete Carr, I've been taking a look at your photos .... they are brilliant! Stunning. Excellent.

**Paul D** · 09-06-2006

Here's the official Wirral Waters website and have a look at the fancy shops they hope to build in Bidston Moss.

http://www.wirralwaters.com/main.html

**petecarr** · 09-06-2006

Originally Posted by lindylou

Pete Carr, I've been taking a look at your photos .... they are brilliant! Stunning. Excellent.

Thanks. Glad you liked them

I do hope they do that Bidston thing. That'd look great too.

**Paul D** · 09-06-2006

It's very early stages yet so who knows what we'll end up with but if it's half as good as all this we're on to a winner.

**Kev** · 11-02-2006

BIRKENHEAD Park is to have £500,000 spent on attracting visitors to the historic site.

New Yorkers used it as a blueprint

for their Central Park, but it had slipped from its former glory.

Now more than £11m is being invested into the Grade Ilisted landscape to bring it

back to its best.

And the Friends of Birkenhead Park have been given £500,000 to attract people back once the work has been completed.The five-year

programme will see activities designed to make Birkenhead Park more popular.

Professor Robert Lee from the Friends said: "Many people use the park,

but do they know its history? This money will safeguard the huge investment in the parkby giving people asense of community ownership."

Schoolchildren

will be taught about the park with the help of education packs and Professor Lee will write a book about its history.There will also be plays and activities

with Birkenhead-based Active Drama Company.

Children in schools and youth clubs are being invited to put together an oral history by talking to local

people about the park.

Professor Lee said: "They will record the exciting things that have taken place there. Community memories can be different from

the archives."

A £451,000 grant has been awarded by the Heritage Lottery Fund with added cash from Liverpool university's academic fund, Wirral

council and Friends of Birkenhead Park.

The park was opened in 1847, designed by Sir Joseph Paxton, and was the first public park in the

world.

English Heritage says it is one of the 10 most important landscapes in the UK.