One of Liverpool's busiest roads – the Strand – could move underground as part of a £1bn waterfront development plan.
According to the Liverpool Echo, Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram confirmed the ambition could be to move the heavily used road underground and underneath the new King Edward development at the launch of the Liverpool City Region 10-year growth plan.
The King Edward Triangle project, which reportedly could see nearly 3,000 homes and 400 hotel rooms created on a site based on Gibraltar Row, will be located near The Strand, a dual carriageway that sees thousands of drivers pass through daily.
Liverpool City Council's cabinet will meet today and is expected to agree on the sale of land at Great Howard Street for the King Edward Triangle development. However, the future of the road and how it may be reconfigured will not be on the agenda for this evening's meeting.
Speaking to the Echo, Mayor Rotheram said that ‘the ambition is that we can take the Strand under and then have it appear somewhere else,' but added that this would require the strategic authority working with the city council'.
Plans that were submitted in June this year for the development of a 28-storey, 255-unit building that forms part of the King Edward plans are expected to be ruled on this autumn, with other plans currently under consideration.
Liverpool City Council has been approached for comment.
