Improvement works set for Europa Square
As part of the ongoing improvement works in Birkenhead town centre, work is shortly starting to improve connectivity between the Conway Park railway station, the central bus station and the main shopping areas.
Once finished, these works will improve accessibility to the town centre and all its facilities by public transport and will also incorporate environmental improvements, including the planting of trees and plants, improved lighting, benches and seating, cycle storage and bins.
In order to accommodate the changes, the number of available spaces at the Europa Square car park will be reduced once the council’s contractor on the works, Graham, begins work on in early March. A number of spaces for disabled drivers will be retained.
As the availability of spaces will be limited, drivers planning to park in Birkenhead town centre should consider an alternative car park if they cannot get a space in Europa Square. There are both council and privately-operated car parks available next to the nearby Asda supermarket, as well as multi-storey car parking on Conway Street and the Pyramids shopping centre.
The car park is also adjacent to Birkenhead’s main bus station and over the road from the Conway Park railway station.
Public works of the extent of the scheme happening in Birkenhead inevitably brings a degree of disruption and inconvenience to residents, businesses and the wider Wirral public looking to spend time in central Birkenhead for shopping and leisure.
The council and the contractor on the two schemes, Graham, are acutely aware of these issues and have been looking to minimise the impact of the works as much as is possible, for example by maintaining pedestrian access to all businesses within the areas where works are taking place to demonstrate that Birkenhead remains very much open to business.
Funded from a combination of sources, including the UK government’s Future High Street Fund (FHSF) and Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s Active Travel fund, the programmes – once finished - will complement the wider Birkenhead regeneration plans that are already underway in the town, which is seeing tens of millions of pounds invested in redevelopment and regeneration from the waterfront to the town centre.
