Waterways; you put a great argument forward for the outer loop. It has lots of benefits, even beyond football and it has been 'future-proofed' as you say, with all the stuff kept in place, and it has to happen.

However both stadium proposals are clearly struggling to say the least. It doesn't make sense to build new stadia either separately or together in new locations in this economy (or any other economy for that matter). If nobody can afford it - it's simply not going to happen.

The clubs can and should stay put, and extend. Then they can share infrastructure, parking and rail connections. The inner loop is harder to use as you say (differences in level etc) but it is much closer to both Goodison and Anfield. Critically, the lines are there and in use! (albeit for freight only at the moment)

If we still had the rail flyover at Edge Hill, wouldn't we be right into the West Coast Mainline?



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