Edge Lane order stops bulldozers
Oct 30 2006
By Alan

Weston Daily Post



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INJUNCTION was served on Liverpool council leader Warren Bradley and others last night to stop bulldozers moving in to demolish hundreds of homes as part of

the Edge Lane road-widening scheme.

Solicitors acting on behalf of campaigner and local resident Elizabeth Pascoe - who brought a successful High

Court challenge to prevent the scheme from going ahead - obtained the injunction over the weekend.

It means that if the council, and other parties

involved with the scheme, press ahead with the demolition as planned this morning, they could be found in contempt of court.



The action was taken

after the council and lead organisation Liverpool Land Development Company announced at the end of last week that they were pressing ahead with the

demolition of 265 derelict properties which are already in public ownership to pave the way for a multi-million pound facelift for the area, including new

homes to replace the rundown

buildings.

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