Edge Lane Development

[AK1]

I have just been walking down Edge Lane from the rocket. Does anybody know why they have changed the design from the original plans. They have not narrowed the central reservation to allow for a parking lane for the residents. As for the rest of this section all I can see that they have done so far is to replace trees with trees and lampposts replaced. As for the central reservation opposite the former Skelly's site I can't believe they have just paved this part. Surely trees/bushes should of been used here.

So what they have done so far does not bode well for the rest of Edge Lane as the initial plans seem to have been ignored.

There have been some changes. The central reservation has been left because they couldn't afford to add in another lane for parking. Instead, the kerbs will be lowered and made with high-quality paving so that cars can park on them without them cracking or collapsing. As for the central reservation by the skelly's dealership, this was paved because putting trees and bushes here would obscure the view of the junction for motorists and is too narrow to plant anything that wouldn't overhang onto the road. The improvements to this section of edge lane have always been mainly cosmetic as the surrounding infrastrucure is of good quality and there is very few derelict sites. The major social and infrastucture improvements are occuring further down edge lane after st Oswald Street junction. I hope this has answered your questions!!!!

[Mike_LFC]

Thanks for that information AK1. I never knew the plans had changed. Pity though, as the original plans would of looked far better.

[AK1]

Thanks for that information AK1. I never knew the plans had changed. Pity though, as the original plans would of looked far better.

Would have looked better, but wasn't practical.

[XL391]

I had imagined Lark Lane as being a quiet country lane with lots trees and birds singing......not the sort place where you'd find a Rolls Royce dealship.
cheers

The RR garage has now been demolished. When did this happen?? And was it for more bloody apartments??

[AK1]

The RR garage has now been demolished. When did this happen?? And was it for more bloody apartments??

If you are referring to the garage on the skelly's site then no. You will be pleased to know that this site along with the carpet world site is to be made into a public park with play area, no apartments! If you mean a different garage, let me know!

[XL391]

Yeah, the one in Lark Lane, he sold Rollers.

[Mike_LFC]

Yes the Cameron & Lunt garage has been replaced with appartments. I spent 2 weeks back in 1990 doing my work experience at this garage while at school. I can still picture one of the owners faces as a car rolled off a ramp into a recently finished merc......... happy days

[Kev]

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[theninesisters]

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That's fantastic news! The next CPO is due to drop in to our laps in the next couple of weeks and by then, the website should be up and running.
The council should be shot for ever wanting to demolish houses like this:

[snappel]

Yes the Cameron & Lunt garage has been replaced with appartments. I spent 2 weeks back in 1990 doing my work experience at this garage while at school. I can still picture one of the owners faces as a car rolled off a ramp into a recently finished merc......... happy days

I remember once walking past there on the way back from buying supplies at the garage and seeing a yellow rally-spec Escort Cosworth in there. We popped in to have a gander and a chat with the guys. Car was mint!!

[Paul D]

That's fantastic news! The next CPO is due to drop in to our laps in the next couple of weeks and by then, the website should be up and running.
The council should be shot for ever wanting to demolish houses like this:

The council have always whittled away at our heritage,up to ten years ago Liverpool was still demolishing more listed buildings than anywhere else in Britain,we never learn.

[AK1]

Great news, NOT! I can understand saving buildings like these but not here. These houses have to go to improve life for everyone around that area. The road must be widened or it will come to a stand-still in a few years. I can imagine it now, visitors driving down edge lane expecting to see a 21st century city that is moving forward but instead they will see a heavily congested unsafe road with derelict properties surrounding it. It's not just about visitors either, most of the people in that area want the houses gone to improve access to local amenities, create more crossings and to create new housing and jobs. Instead they will have to continue living in squalor with poor local amenities and a poor quality of life.
I support saving old victorian buildings, but in this case I think they have to go. Liverpool's heritage must be preserved but not in cases such as these where preserving it would mean ruining the lives of the people that live there. Nobody wants these houses and many are beyond repair, even the ones that could be repaired wouldn't sell because of the road and the rubbish local facilities. I just hope they are at least demolished before 2008.

[theninesisters]

Great news, NOT! I can understand saving buildings like these but not here. These houses have to go to improve life for everyone around that area. The road must be widened or it will come to a stand-still in a few years. I can imagine it now, visitors driving down edge lane expecting to see a 21st century city that is moving forward but instead they will see a heavily congested unsafe road with derelict properties surrounding it. It's not just about visitors either, most of the people in that area want the houses gone to improve access to local amenities, create more crossings and to create new housing and jobs. Instead they will have to continue living in squalor with poor local amenities and a poor quality of life.
I support saving old victorian buildings, but in this case I think they have to go. Liverpool's heritage must be preserved but not in cases such as these where preserving it would mean ruining the lives of the people that live there. Nobody wants these houses and many are beyond repair, even the ones that could be repaired wouldn't sell because of the road and the rubbish local facilities. I just hope they are at least demolished before 2008.

That's most people's view of the situation. However the website that I am currently working on shows how to save all the houses and still widen the road and improve the traffic flow by making changes to certain right turns and the like.

I have been in to numerous houses on Edge Lane just before they were boarded up and the bods who were putting the metal plates on told me that if they had their way, the'd offer the council some money to keep the houses. Some are in a bad way but the majority need slightly more than a lick of paint and some work doing - nothing structural. They are massive from the side of the buildings and go a long way back.

[wallasey]

I was talking to my geography teacher about this; he said that the road should be realigned around this "cluster" or residential buildings so that they are saved. This is a good idea, but I am imagining that you would have to (comming from the Rocket) curve the roadway to the left and take it down to Wavertree Road nad then dual Wavertree Road. This would then bring the roadway in at a comfortable angle to then build the "Hall Lane By-pass" which isn't going ahead anyway.

The road would be plotted something like this...

Wavertree Road between the railway bridge and Irvine Street does'nt have a frontage as such (only a row of shops) as most of it has been cleared and had 60's buildings constructed a way back from the road.

This would be very costly and would never see the light of day!

[Howie]

Grandmother continues fight to save her home
Feb 19 2007
by Paula Owens, Liverpool Daily Post



WORKERS planning to start bulldozing houses as part of the Edge Lane road-widening scheme were yesterday served with an injunction preventing them from doing so.

The demolition work was set to commence at numbers 30 to 36 Edge Lane at 8am this morning.

But local resident, 60-year-old grandmother Elizabeth Pascoe, who has already taken similar action against the demolition of homes in another part of the area, sought new legal intervention after hearing about the impending work.

If the demolition goes ahead, the council and other parties involved with the scheme could be found in contempt of court.

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