£3.7m restoration of Liverpools Festival Gardens begins thanks to Chamber Members Langtree
Posted on: 09th March 2010
Property investment and development company Langtree has pieced together a partnership of organisations that will see Liverpool’s International Garden Festival site finally restored.
The works, funded by a £3.7m grant from the North West Development Agency, represents a major step in the regeneration of the site into an outstanding riverside residential community and waterfront park.
Over the past few years, the landowner and Knowsley Chamber member Langtree has pieced together a partnership of organisations, which will fund, oversee, deliver and provide for the future management of the formal gardens and return them to public use.
Urban designers and landscape architects Planit who have also been involved in the restoration of Stanley Park in Liverpool have designed the scheme.
The work is expected to take 12 months and Langtree hopes to encourage local community groups to be fully engaged in restoring the gardens to their original splendour.
Langtree managing director John Downes said: “All the Partners in the scheme, Liverpool City Council, the Land Restoration Trust, the North West Development Agency and the local community deserve enormous credit for their involvement in finally making this scheme a reality, but in many ways the real work starts here.
“The creation of the park and the new residential community will finally deliver a long term sustainable scheme for this strategic site on a major gateway in to the City.”
Steven Broomhead, Chief Executive of the NWDA, said: “The start of work to restore the international garden festival site is a significant step forward in spearheading the regeneration of this area of Liverpool and creating the conditions for significant future private sector investment on the adjacent site.
“I am delighted that the Agency’s £3.7 million investment will help to bring this site back to life, creating a visitor attraction of international significance that will further boost the city-region’s growing visitor economy, as well as providing a important leisure resource that will enhance quality of life for local residents.”
