UP to £1bn will be pumped into the regeneration of Liverpool this year.

More cranes will appear on the skyline during 2006 as the city’s preparations for Capital of Culture move up a gear. City leaders are predicting one of the most exciting years in decades as a number of long-awaited projects come to fruition. But question marks still remain over some key schemes. Among the biggest city centre developments this year will be:

*Continued work on Grosvenor’s Liverpool One shopping district, including the opening of new headquarters for Radio Merseyside and Herbert’s hairdressers.
*The first visible signs of construction on the Kings Dock arena.
*A stepping-up of work on Liverpool’s new Commercial Quarter at St Paul’s Square, off Old Hall Street.
*The opening of the Met Quarter shopping centre in Whitechapel.
*Transformation of Concourse Tower as the makeover of Lime Street station begins.
*Start of work on the cruise liner berth and canal extension at the Pier Head.
*The much-criticised city centre roadworks programme will shift to the Strand, and the transformation of Edge Lane should begin. more

Regeneration work 'shows success' .....

The transformation of Liverpool city centre is right on schedule and already showing signs of success, councillors in the city have said.

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