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Originally Posted by Citrus-Fruit
Wirral Waters is not Europes largest project. Its £6,000,000 over 30 years. Unless its built speculatively you can bet your bottom dollar only half whats been proposed will be built. There isnt the market it to do such a scheme in such close proximity to Manchester.
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There is a market otherwise the proposal would not have been put together. Manchester does what Manchester does and will not affect Liverpool and the Wirral. The Mersey is a far more attractive location than inland Manchester and will be a far more appealling place for people to setup. The Wirral Waters and the Lairds Shipyard site together will certainly be the biggest project. Wirral Waters is awesome in scale.
Look at the picture of Wirral Waters. At the riverfront is the ro-ro car Irish ferry terminal. This is to move across the river to Liverpool. The cars are on the in-filled Wallasey Dock. This will then not be used. Expect development proposals for this section of the waterspaces too. It gets bigger.
30 years. London Dockland has been going for over 25 years and still not done. How long has Salford Quays been going? You don't build a complex like Wirral Water in a few years.
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Other schemes are good, but after all this is Liverpool. Every single tower is reduced.
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Height doesn't make quality - look at Croydon and the off-the-shelf designs at Manchester and Birmingham. This height thing must be related to the size of the penis mentality. height is reduced in Liverpool centre because of the World Heritage Site zone and English Heritage. Outside of the zones is a free for all. Let's see if the 51 floor Brunswick Quay gets the go ahead in a week or two. One thing is for certain there is no shortage of developers that wanted to build 50 to 60 floor towers in Liverpool.
The Wirral is not in the World Heritage Site zone and has no restrictions.
One thing is for certain, Liverpool is Europe's largest construction site and with far more to come. The best is yet to come.