Liverpool Waterloo Tunnel Update 10th Feb 2008

[Waterways]

That's not an option. Only Wallasey tunnel is connected to the motorway system and is able to take a large traffic of Heavy Goods Vehicles headed to and from the docks.

They can go around the M57, what it was made for. The last thing Liverpool needs is a motorway pouring into the city centre - and that is what the Wallasey tunnel does.

It might (?) be possible to convert the Birkenhead tunnel to rail, though my understanding is that in recent years that tunnel went through a big spend on 'upgrades' which result in making such conversion more difficult.

I see why not.

As to a rail tunnel for passenger trains, there is a more pressing need for a Dee crossing. There might be a case for a second Mersey rail tunnel primarily to handle freight trains to/from the docks.

There may be a need for another Clyde crossing but that is no more our business than the Dee. We are not the Dee.

There is no need for a freight tunnel at all, as existing overland rail tracks/bed are still available.