en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Liverpool City Region plans to invest £308 million in road repairs and upgrades, bringing the total investment in highway maintenance across the region to over £500 million. This funding comes from the region's historic £1.6 billion Transport for City Region (TCR) agreement and will be submitted for approval by the Combined Authority on July 17.

If approved, the funds will be allocated to all six boroughs in the region—Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, and Wirral—to accelerate road repair and upgrade plans, ensuring major transport corridors are safer for buses, cyclists, and cars. This funding is in addition to the over £233 million already allocated for highway upgrades in the region, bringing the total investment in repairing and future-proofing local roads to over £500 million. Of this, £21 million is specifically earmarked for infrastructure improvements to support road safety initiatives, helping to achieve the Liverpool City Region's "Vision Zero" strategy, which aims to eliminate all road traffic deaths and serious injuries. A further £30 million will be used to upgrade bus stops and shelters, improve accessibility at bus and train stations, and create new wayfinding signage across the region's transport network.

Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, stated that people judge the transport network by their daily journeys, and for too long the region has lacked the investment needed to keep those journeys running smoothly. Thanks to devolution, the authority has secured record funding and can decide locally how to use it to address the issues that matter most to communities. This investment will help repair roads, improve safety for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians, while continuing to build the modern, integrated transport system the region needs.

Highway funding is a key pillar of the £1.6 billion TCR agreement, which aims to accelerate progress toward an integrated transport network. TCR funding will also help deliver the region's largest-ever investment in the rail network, including advancing plans to build new stations at Carr Mill in St Helens, Woodchurch in Wirral, and Daresbury in Halton. With the bus network returning to public control, funds will be used to procure a new fleet of environmentally friendly, advanced double-decker buses and to promote a smart, tap-and-go ticketing system. An additional £100 million will be invested in building a new rapid transit network, creating fast, modern connections between Liverpool city centre, John Lennon Airport, and the football stadiums of Liverpool and Everton.