PLANS for the transformation of run down and rotting Lime Street and an Olympic standard ice rink were unveiled by Liverpool City Council today in schemes totalling £1.5bn.
It says the initiatives will bring 12,000 construction jobs and 4,000 permanent jobs to the city, as well as safeguarding a further 3,000.
New key projects being developed for Liverpool include a new television and music venue which will be housed, it is widely rumoured, in the ABC cinema whixh has sat empty for years.
The next phase in the regeneration of Kings Dock will bring the first ice rink to the city since the Silver Blades in Kensington was bulldozed. Also planned is an extreme sports complex, restaurants and family homes.
A hotel, cinema, family restaurants, shops and accommodation for mature students are among proposals for the revival of Lime Street and Mount Pleasant.
Phase 2 of the Edge Lane Retail Park will begin in three weeks’ time.
Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson said: “Lime Street has been an area which was forgotten for far too long. It is one of the first things visitors to our city see when they step off the train and I am committed to transforming this into the gateway our world-class city deserves.
Silver Blades, as was, in Kensingron
“These schemes demonstrate there is a vibrant, exciting future ahead for Liverpool. The projects we are developing for Kings Dock and Lime Street will make the city an even greater place to live, work and invest.
“Crucially though, they will bring thousands of jobs into the city which will ensure we have a sustainable future. I promised our best days are ahead of us, and these key projects are evidence of some of the things we have planned for the future.”
The council says the new plans, announced today, are in the initial development stages and are expected to progress into firmer plans by the end of 2014 or early 2015, when planning applications will be submitted.
