Wirral Council has submitted a plan to the government outlining how it will spend £73.5m over the next three years on various regeneration projects. The plan includes refurbishing Birkenhead Market, creating a new hub for a mental health charity, developing new public spaces, and redeveloping New Ferry town centre. If approved, the council will have greater control over how it spends public money on these projects.
The local authority recently sent a plan to the government detailing how it will spend millions of pounds in public grant funding before March 2026. These range from refurbishing a former Argos unit for Birkenhead Market , a new hub for a mental health charity , new public spaces , and redeveloping New Ferry town centre.
Next year the council is proposing to spent just under £17m following by £18.7m in 2024-25 and the remaining £11.3m to be spent by 2025-26. According to the local authority all 23 projects are on track to be delivered by 2026. More than £6m plans for a transport museum within the new Dock Branch park is also being reviewed as "increasing costs mean that this project is unlikely to progress in its current location." Just under £400,000 has already been spent on this project.
£2m will be spent developing a new public space around the Seacombe Ferry Terminal and Eureka! centre while £3m is planned around Hamilton Square to improve the area and create "landmark lighting" and public art.
Wirral Council Investment Plan Regeneration Projects Public Funding Birkenhead Market Mental Health Charity Public Spaces New Ferry Town Centre Government Approval
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