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Martin Clarke - Regeneration Manager

Discover the Liverpool Canal Link project bringing new life to disused docks, promoting tourism, and fostering waterfront regeneration. Explore the proposed route, funding details, milestones, and the overall impact of this development.

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Martin Clarke - Regeneration Manager

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  1. Liverpool Canal Link W Martin Clarke - Regeneration Manager • What the project is • Why we’re doing it • Where we’re up to • BW’s track record on restorartion

  2. The Proposal Route to the south docks: Without the canal link With the canal link Current terminus of canal

  3. Reasons for Developing the Liverpool Canal Link Reason 1: To promote Liverpool as a visitor destination on the canal network

  4. Reasons for Developing the Liverpool Canal Link Reason 2: To encourage an increase in boat movements along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal (projected 4500 per annum from an existing 500)

  5. Reasons for Developing the Liverpool Canal Link Reason 3: To animate the currently disused central docks and to enhance the south docks No more dead water

  6. …every day should feel like a RIVER FESTIVAL kind of day. Activity, every day of the year

  7. Reasons for Developing the Liverpool Canal Link Reason 4: To enhance the wider regeneration along the waterfront

  8. Reasons for Developing the Liverpool Canal Link Reason 5: A catalyst for the wider regeneration of the canal corridor through Merseyside

  9. 1.Leeds & Liverpool Canal to Trafalgar Dock Description of the Development • Lock Flight • Isolation Structure • Salisbury River Lock

  10. Stanley Dock Lock Flight

  11. 1. Leeds & Liverpool Canal to Trafalgar Dock 2. Central Dock Channel and Bridge • Channel • Bridge Crossing • Dredging Description of the Development

  12. 1. Leeds & Liverpool Canal to Trafalgar Dock 2. Central Dock Channel and Bridge Bridging Point Central Dock Channel

  13. Princes Dock Lock • Causeway Bridge • Princes Dock Footbridge • Culvert at plot 7 • Dredging Description of the Development 1. Leeds & Liverpool Canal to Trafalgar Dock 2. Central Dock Channel 3. Princes Dock

  14. Princes Dock

  15. Pier Head Description of the Development 1. Leeds & Liverpool Canal to Trafalgar Dock 2. Central Dock Channel 3. Princes Dock 4. Pier Head Channel

  16. Pier Head Channel

  17. Pier Head Channel

  18. Egress point of canal into Canning Dock

  19. Consultation • English Heritage • Liverpool City Council • Liverpool Vision • National Museums Ltd • Mersey Travel • CABE • Environment Agency • Landowners • Other stakeholders

  20. Funding • Funding now committed • Objective One - £7.5M • North West Development Agency - £7.5M • English Partnerships - £1.7M • British Waterways - £0.3M

  21. Milestones • Funding secured August 2005 • Planning Consent December 2005 • Construction starts Summer 2006 • Canal link open Summer 2008

  22. Delivery of Restoration By 2002 in North West: • Huddersfield Canal • Rochdale Canal • Ribble Link • Anderton Boat Lift Total value over £80M

  23. Delivery of Restoration Recently secured: • Liverpool Link • Manchester, Bolton & Bury • Droitwich • Cotswolds • Montgomery Total value nearly £60M

  24. Conclusion • Waterspace animation • Regeneration catalyst • Public realm focal point • Supported by all stakeholders • BW track record of delivery

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