Gateway Starts

With funding agreed, preliminary work is starting on the Mersey Gateway project that will bring a six lane toll bridge between Runcorn and Widnes. Steve Nicholson of Mersey Gateway said: “The agreement represents the best possible deal for the public purse and means that we can focus on delivering a project that will bring benefits to local people, commuters and businesses across the region.” It comes at a time of increased development activity in the area, epitomised by Peel getting the green light for the £175 million Trade Centre in the Wirral Waters scheme at Birkenhead Docks. Also in Merseyside, Barnfield Centric, a joint venture of Capital & Centric and Barnfield Construction, has started building the 7,618 sq.m. at the Estuary Banks Business Park, Speke, South Liverpool. The scheme has been helped with £2.54 million from the European Regional Development Fund.

The twenty hybrid units can be used for offices, research & development, light industrial and warehouse accommodation and come in a variety of sizes.