Parks, green spaces, dockside walkways and cycle routes are transforming the Northbank waterfront at Wirral Waters, sitting alongside the new homes now arriving onsite.

Extensive public realm infrastructure work began on site earlier this year, following the appointment of contractor Eric Wright Civil Engineering (EWCE) by Peel L&P.

Large sections of a new dock edge walkway are now complete, ultimately opening up public access to the dockside of East Float for the first time in over a century. This ‘upper boardwalk’ pedestrian and cycleway link will create an attractive thoroughfare for residents alongside the water’s edge.

The first of two small residential parks, which have been designed to create green open spaces at the heart of this new mixed neighbourhood, is also shortly to complete. The parks are adjacent to the very first residential developments at Wirral Waters, the 500 home Legacy project due on site shortly, and East Float, a joint venture between Peel L&P and House by Urban Splash.

A series of four contemporary squares, currently under construction, will connect the Dock Road pedestrian and cycleway public realm works through to the dock edge, improving connectivity.

The new neighbourhood being created at Northbank has been designed to facilitate an open, mixed and connected community, which improves the health and wellbeing of existing and new residents and encourages active travel.

EWCE were also responsible for the public realm improvement works which took place earlier this year to the walking and cycling route that marks the boundary of the Northbank neighbourhood. This included the construction of 590 metres of shared cycleway and footpath next to the A5139 Dock Road, between East Float Apartments and Duke Street, as well as landscaping, street trees, boundary treatments, new street lighting columns and digital infrastructure.

Richard Mawdsley, director of development for Peel L&P’s Wirral Waters, says: “This is Wirral Waters fast becoming a reality before our eyes. Just in the last month, with these new homes arriving and new green spaces taking shape, the East Float neighbourhood area has been transformed.

“By spring next year, we will be ready to welcome the first people set to live in this new exciting and diverse waterfront neighbourhood. And this is just one example of the progress across one of the UK’s largest and most exciting regeneration projects – Wirral Waters really is in delivery mode.”

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