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Wirral
New affordable homes in Birkenhead are a step closer thanks to funding boost
• Two Birkenhead flyovers will be removed to improve key town centre gateway
• Project will support regeneration plans for the local area
• Hundreds of new homes on the horizon
A major Birkenhead regeneration scheme has taken another step forward thanks to an £8.3m investment from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s Transforming Cities Fund.
The Birkenhead Central Gateway project will see the removal of two flyovers in the Birkenhead Central station/Hind Street area and the re-alignment of the highway network to ensure routes into the town centre and the tunnel are maintained and improved.
This activity will then unlock the Hind Street brownfield site for housing and commercial development creating hundreds of new homes and make it a more attractive gateway into the town centre.
Wirral Borough Council’s regeneration scheme would better connect the new homes with the town centre, giving people improved access to Birkenhead town centre and public transport services, as well as the Pyramids Shopping Centre.
A Highways Strategy is being developed and diversion routes will be put in place to allow for the removal of the flyovers due to take place later this year. More details will be made available nearer the time.
Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor, said:
Janette Wlliamson, Leader of Wirral Council, said:
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