Have your say on proposed improvements to roads around Woodside area

The final round of consultation is now underway on Traffic Regulation Orders required to support improvements to roads and public spaces around Argyle Street, Hamilton Square and Woodside to improve accessibility and better connect Birkenhead Town Centre with its waterfront.

The proposed works include highway, active travel and public realm improvements covering the area from and including the Argyle Street / Conway Street roundabout to Woodside Ferry Terminal (via Hamilton Square / Hamilton Street).

The changes will support the £20 million-plus transformation of a key part of Birkenhead and Wirral’s Waterfront.

A planning application just submitted for Woodside Culture Park aims to maximise the setting of the immediate area around the ferry terminal for the world-famous Mersey Ferry service and to capitalise on the unique attributes of the location – overlooking Liverpool’s iconic skyline - to create a major attraction.

This statutory consultation is seeking views on the work to ensure improved connections from the Woodside Waterfront location to Birkenhead town centre and vice versa. It will better integrate major regeneration already underway across Birkenhead alongside framing the Woodside area in particular to become a world class neighbourhood in the medium to long term in line with the aspirations of the recently adopted Woodside Masterplan. 

There have been previous rounds of consultation on this scheme which has supported the design development of the project, and full details of these consultations can be found in the lifecycle section on the Council’s Have Your Say web page.

In this final statutory phase of consultation, feedback is being sought on the Traffic Regulation Orders required to implement highway changes proposed for the area. These are listed below.

Argyle Street (Conway Street to Hamilton Square South Section)

• Parking and Loading Restrictions
• Zebra crossings
• Raised tables
• Segregated Bi-directional Cycleway 

Hamilton Square (South Section to Bridge Street)

• Parking and Loading Restrictions
• One Way Street along Hamilton Square (North), Hamilton Street, Bridge Street
• Zebra Crossing
• Segregated Bi-directional Cycleway 
• Shared Pedestrian and Cycle footways 
• Bus Stop (relocated from Argyle Street)
• Toucan Crossing
• Bus Stop (on Bridge Street - Rail Replacement Only)

Gyratory (Bridge Street to Woodside Ferry Approach)

• Parking and Loading Restrictions
• Restrictions for general vehicles introduced to limit access from Canning Street and Shore Road onto the existing Woodside Gyratory 
• Restricted Access for general vehicles introduced to limit access along Woodside Ferry Approach
• One Way Street along Woodside Ferry Approach (New Road) 
• Pedestrian and Cycleway Zone
• Bus Stops
• Toucan Crossings
• Segregated Bi-directional Cycleway
• Shared Pedestrian and Cycle footways

Feedback on these proposals can be provided until the 27 April by completing the short survey at the Council’s Have Your Say site here. There is also an option to view the plans on request at Birkenhead Town Hall from 2 to 27 April, or to write to the council at PO Box 290, Brighton Street, Wallasey, CH27 9FQ. Feedback from the consultation will be reported to the Council’s Environment, Climate Emergency and Transport Committee in Summer 2025 to support decision making in relation to the scheme, in line with the Council’s constitution.

This project is not funded by council tax, but from various external sources including the Towns Fund and Levelling Up Fund via the UK Government, alongside Active Travel funding from Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. This project is also part of the wider programme of regeneration activities in Birkenhead as part of the 2040 Framework.

This is a statutory consultation as the route includes the amendment to a TRO (Traffic Regulation Order). The Council must consult on changes to any TROs and consider any objections raised by the public / stakeholders. The statutory process sets out that the consultation must be no less than 21 days and this consultation will run for longer than this timeframe.

Please note the plans and documents may not be accessible for people with disabilities, users of assistive technology or mobile phones. If you need an accessible copy of these documents, or help reading the documents, please contact us at activetravelprojects@wirral.gov.uk.