New Pier

[HollyBlack]

Fantastic!! .... 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. ...

Any road or rail crossing would interfere with, and/or be adversely affected by, the locks. So it would be best if the barrage were developed for tourist/pleasure purposes rather than as a utilitarian crossing. An iconic touristy fair-weather crossing or ferry. Of course hikers and bikers could be accommodated too.



Also, having a barrage and using it for hydro generation does not require eliminating the tidal range upstream. Rather it gives an opportunity to control the tidal range so as to actively manage the salinity and hence the environmental health of the upper Mersey.

If the barrage were well South of the Seaforth docks but right at the Langton dock river entrance then the existing Langton cruise terminal could be rehabilitated to good effect as it would have direct access to the barrage and any ferries or etc. operating from it.

And finally, reclaimed land at the New Brighton end of the barrage could be used to build a new hotel - on the site of the old pier adjoining the prom. Join me in dreaming that we could call it "The Tower", put a ballroom in it and a smallish replica of the old steel Tower on top :-)

Has anyone got the talent, time and energy to sketch what it might look like?