A spot of Big Dig, and never mind the disruption, dear.
England has its very own Big Dig, in Liverpool. I had no idea. Let’s hope theirs will kill fewer people than ours, or at least come in higher on the Dollars Per Kill index.
The Big Dig is one of Europe’s biggest regeneration programmes, creating 14,000 new jobs and investing £3billion in the local economy.
It represents the most intense and significant period of development in the city’s history.
The announcement of the latest phase of works comes in the week that regeneration company Liverpool Vision revealed that some £250 million worth of property developments had been completed in the city in the last 12 months.
The new phase of works will inevitably mean some disruption to businesses, drivers and pedestrians, although careful traffic management and alternative arrangements will mean disruption is kept to a minimum.
