Quote Originally Posted by Waterways View Post
I live in Buckinghamshire and London and visit Liverpool a lot. That may change soon.

Lodge Lane? It look awful indeed. You can't displace a whole group of people living there although the council can smarten the place up. Toxteth is too huge to say it should be like this and that.

The south end docks should be built on properly and the Toxteth and Harrington Docks excavated and the surrounds given over the residential property. Then work back into the hinterland. The refusal of the Brunswick Quay Tower was a major Council screw up.

The Dingle rail station should be brought back into commission (it is still there underground) and made a part of Merseyrail. Ideally the Dingle tunnel should be extended to Lodge Lane and an underground station built there - as originally intended when the Overhead Railway was built. Or extend from Edge Hill into Lodge Lane. Or better still link the Dingle tunnel with Edge Hill and a few stations along the new tunnel. Lodge Lane road could be cut and covered and have a tunnel just under the road. The transport infrastructure will be a catalyst for regeneration and attract private investors. Then Park Rd and Lodge Lane will become dense vibrant centres as is the case in London.

The Wapping rail tunnel from Edge Hill to Queens Dock could also be brought back into commission and have new stations cut into it. Around Bedford St would be a good place for one as it will also regenerate that area and create another vibrant centre.

Look at what the Jubilee Line extension did to areas it ran through in London. It needs public money to kick start it, however taxes could be levied on property that gains in value because of the new rail stations. London regretted not putting a tax on homes that have value increases around the new stations - some by 100%. It would have paid for the new tunnel and stations. Some people made a lot of money through no effort from themselves, from selling houses because of public money investment
London is different to Liverpool and you forget how many people live in London and use the tube.Liverpool doesn't have enough rail users to justify ripping a whole ancient road apart and what about people who don't need trains? A student would be better off on a bus that would drop them off outside rather than a walk from Edge Hill. Bedford street with a tunnel or rail station?! Ruin a conservation area for no reason? Do you know the amount of money that would be wasted on such a project? And the amount of beautiful buildings lost forever?Madness