Princes Avenue wins LCR Culture & Creativity Award for Environmental Sustainability

Liverpool City Region is a thriving place for culture and creativity and the Combined Authority wants to celebrate this.  The winners of the Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards were unveiled at a recent exciting online event.

Part of the Metro Mayor’s Percent for Culture initiative, the awards were created to recognise the value and power for change that the arts, cultural and creative sector can bring in reinforcing the City Region as one of the most vibrant and exciting places to live, work, study, visit or do business.

Part of the £50 million Better Roads initiative, this 1.1km long x 18m wide linear park repurposes the central verge of a tree lined boulevard with a new community square and extensive community led artworks and new cycle routes.

“I always like to say that the Liverpool City Region is the country’s cultural capital; that creativity is in our DNA and we’ve really seen that on full display during this past year. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, our region has continually responded with imagination, creativity and generosity to keep us all connected and our spirits high.’

Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region Steve Rotheram

“I’d like to thank everyone in the community who engaged in the design process. We’ve never done a highways scheme in this way before and the creativity of the L8 community shines out throughout the new artwork and public realm. They should all be very proud. They’ve created a stunning gateway into the city. The new cycle path is a great addition to our existing network and we’re now looking to see how it can be better connected to the waterfront, where another new permanent cycle path is being built along The Strand.”

Councillor Sharon Connor, Liverpool City Council’s Cabinet member for highways

Find out more about the project here

Link to the LCR Culture & Creativity Awards 2020…