Mr Rotheram, hoping for a third term as Mayor, outlined his first pledge last week
Creating three new rail stations across the Liverpool City Region is proof money can be better spent here than in Whitehall, according to the man hoping to secure a third term as its Metro Mayor.
“That pot has grown from when I took over and the last settlement we’ve got was £1.6bn so we’ve been able to demonstrate to government that we can use this funding better than they can and they’re trusting it to us.” You would be forgiven for doing a double take at the announcements of the three locations as they are not new. Ahead of the Mayoral elections in 2021, Mr Rotheram expressed a desire to put new stations in each location.Mr Rotheram said: “They’re on a priority list and genuinely they were three that were right at the top so we’ve always thought, with the conurbation around Woodchurch and that estate there, there’s enough of the community who will use this station that will make it wash its face.
As part of the transport announcement, Mr Rotheram also revealed he would seek to complete the Liverpool Baltic station by 2027 - a year ahead of schedule. In January Tony Killen, combined authority rail development advisor, told the organisation’s overview and scrutiny committee how an opening date of March 2028 was likely to be the earliest point passengers can expect.
The former Labour MP said he would also seek to make amendments at Moorfields, which he described as “in dire need” and hoped to begin work on improvements at Liverpool Central. He said: “We’ve been working on this with the Department for Transport for probably five years and we’ve got them into a position where they accept it’s a major underground station.
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