Pictures show how Lime Street will be transformed

New plans to reduce Lime Street to a single carriageway of traffic have been revealed by Liverpool Council.

Under the proposals, a new public square will be built outside the Station and St George's Plateau will be widened for pedestrians

The widening of St George’s Plateau, to begin in early 2020, will see Lime Street reduced to a single lane for northbound traffic only with access in to the city centre via St John’s Lane

It is estimated the new hub and re-routed bus services will save over 750,000 bus miles and 2,000 tonnes of CO2 being emitted into the atmosphere every year.

A planning application is scheduled to be heard by the Planning Committee on Tuesday, 8 January.

Councillor James Noakes, Cabinet Member for Highways, said: “For millions of people Lime Street is the gateway into Liverpool and these stunning new designs illustrate the potential for creating a world class welcome.

“A new public square outside Lime Street station and an expanded plateau at St George’s Hall will transform the experience of arriving in Liverpool and how people interact with arguably the UK’s greatest collection of iconic cultural venues.

‘’ We’ve made some minor changes to the design as a result of the original public consultation but these plans for Lime Street cannot be taken in isolation. They are key to the wider transformation of how the city centre functions in the future."

“This redesign of Lime Street is critical to the proposed new bus hub and changes to Queen Square bus station both of which will ultimately create a cleaner, greener city centre for everyone to enjoy."