Peel Ports has formed working groups of senior staff to tackle concerns raised
Peel Ports in the UK has identified a programme of actions to tackle the main areas of concern raised in the Mersey Ports Master Plan consultation, which took place between June and September 2011.
Nine out of 10 respondents to a questionnaire put to the public during the Master Plan consultation came out in broad support of the strategy – the 20-year vision for growth and future developments at the Port of Liverpool and on the Manchester Ship Canal, which would see a 70% growth in tonnage handled and create up to 8000 jobs.
However, an initial assessment of the 292 responses which were received identified issues regarding Seaforth Nature Reserve, the environment, port traffic and congestion, Eastham Village, the Warrington swing bridges, and jobs, training and skills and procurement.
Peel Ports has formed working groups of senior staff to focus on each area, with the aim of formulating action plans.
These groups have been working over recent months and now, in a newly-published Interim Consultation Report.
Peel Ports Group Head of Planning Warren Marshall said: "We continue to be encouraged by the level of interest in the Master Plan and by the overall support to our strategy from both our partners and from the general public, but we are taking nothing for granted.
"These Action Plans will be further developed and will inform the publication of a revised Master Plan in due course later this year. We are fully committed to continuing to work in partnership with both public agencies and organisations and the people who live in the communities where we operate to ensure maximum gain for the North West Region from our growth and development strategy – which we believe will be substantial."
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