Lime Street will close today (30 August) ahead of a £39 million regeneration project with several road diversions coming into place.

The work, which will see the major centre city thoroughfare shut for up to three weeks, will involve the remaining frontages on Lime Street being taken down and the closure of Bolton Street.

Construction on the long delayed development will then begin on the new buildings with the project expected to be completed in two years.

The regeneration scheme, devised by Liverpool City Council in partnership with Neptune Developments, includes a hotel, retail space, restaurants and student accommodation.

Developers are working with the council to reflect the former Futurist cinema in the new development, which was demolished earlier this month.

A planning application is also expected to be submitted soon to restore the ABC Cinema and transform the building into a major live music venue and TV studio.

The diversion routes during the road closure will be:

For traffic travelling from the south: Berry Street, Leece Street, Rodney Street, Clarence Street, Russell Street, Seymour Street, London Road and Lime Street.

For traffic travelling from the north: London Road, Seymour Street, Russell Street, Clarence Street, Rodney Street and Leece Street.

Traffic travelling along St Anne Street and Pembroke Place: Seymour Street, Russell Street, Clarence Street, Rodney Street and Leece Street.

Traffic travelling up St Johns Lane: Lime Street, Commutation Row, Islington, Hunter Street, St Anne Street, Norton Street, Seymour Street, Russell Street, Clarence Street, Rodney Street and Leece Street.

For motorists on Lime Street (between London Road and Georges Place) who have missed the advanced signage, the alternative route is: right onto St Georges Place/St Johns Lane, Whitechapel, right onto Victoria Street, Byrom Street, right onto Hunter Street, right onto Norton Street, Seymour Street, Russell Street, Clarence Street, Rodney Street and Leece Street.

There is a secondary diversion route for motorists on Renshaw Street who have missed the advanced diversion signs on Berry Street: Copperas Hill, Seymour Street, London Road and Lime Street.

Access to St John’s Shopping Centre car park will be maintained.

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