Work is about to start to upgrade a section of Queens Drive in Liverpool.

The carriageway between Townsend Avenue and East Prescot Road will be resurfaced in a phased scheme which will take up to 10 weeks to complete. This £2.1m scheme follows on from the resurfacing of Queens Drive between Townsend Avenue and Stuart Road which was completed in November 2011.

Councillor Malcolm Kennedy, cabinet member for regeneration and transport, said: "This is the latest in an investment programme to ensure that our major roads are brought up to a much higher standard than they have been in the past decade,


"The city needs to have good quality roads if it is to thrive. For too long motorists have had to put up with patched-up carriageways and we are determined that that is not going to go on. The completion of this second phase of works as well as the first phase completed in 2011 will have seen a total of 12 kilometres of Queens Drive resurfaced in less than 12 months.

"Queens Drive is one of the most important and busiest roads in the city, for businesses, visitors and local residents and it is essential that it is maintained to a high standard. Motorists will see a vastly improved road when this section is complete.

"Inevitably there will be some disruption but if we are to bring our main roads back to a decent standard then we cannot avoid that. We will endeavour to keep the traffic flowing as far as possible and we have attempted to let as many road users know about this scheme in advance."

The work gets under way on Monday 2 July on the first phase between Townsend Avenue and Muirhead Avenue.

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