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The Flyover Liverpool

Funded on Spacehive 15 April 2014

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The Flyover Liverpool

friends of the flyover By friends of the flyover

We want to turn a concrete flyover into an amazing urban park for Liverpool - a vibrant place full of life, trees, shops, exhibitions & joy. Help us bring our vision to life!

Liverpool Delivery stage

344
backers
£43,809
raised
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This project was funded on 15 Apr 2014!

The Flyover is the ultimate in urban re-purposing & regeneration, delivered by citizens coming together to conceive, develop & implement.

We will take an existing structure and create an urban walkway/park that costs less its proposed demolition. Our vision will deliver a public space of benefit to residents & visitors, connecting neighbourhoods & civic buildings with the rest of the city & world famous waterfront.

Churchill Way is 2 roads & 2 pedestrian routes; current plans to redirect traffic mean there is a proposal to demolish the structure. We don't feel it's right to spend £3-4 million & see nothing in return, so we used our design talent to propose something different.

We've held a series of public presentations & been overwhelmed with the positive response from councillors, council staff, museums, businesses & people from all walks of life throughout the city.

Our next step is a full feasibility study and this is what we are raising funds for with this Spacehive project.

What we'll deliver:

  • Provide spaces for small independent businesses to develop & trade
  • Turn a city centre concrete flyover network into an urban park
  • Create a new Trust or CIC to manage the structure & maintain it
  • Create a new way for pedestrians & cyclists to connect to the heritage quarter of the city and 'dwell' there
  • Develop a programme of live cultural events in partnership with the many festivals & creative agencies in the city
  • Work with the outreach & education team at National Museums Liverpool to animate the space & promote learning

Why it's a great idea:

We've been overwhelmed by the speed & enthusiasm with which people & organisations including the council have responded to our proposals.

The Flyover will be a space for arts, music, dance & education events as well as markets, shops & community gardening projects & home to small independent businesses. It will reconnect residential communities in north Liverpool with the city & allow visitors to our heritage quarter to extend their stay in the area; walking along a unique public space towards the waterfront. It will also provide connectivity between 3 campuses of LJMU for staff & students with zones suitable for cyclists & pedestrians.

The flyover wraps around the rear of our Museum, Gallery & Library, effectively cutting them off from the north of the city - our proposal gives them the opportunity to engage with this public space; using it as an outdoor classroom & gallery.

It will be delivered & looked after by citizens who care about & are committed to the city & the project.

Steps to get it done:

  • Continue to work with the council & their advisers to ensure our plans fit with the wider city transport strategy
  • Undertake further surveys to produce detailed designs including plans, visuals & models
  • Create content about The Flyover for We Make Liverpool public event for International Festival of Business June 2014
  • Develop a vision for events & animation with partners including National Museums Liverpool, Sound City & others
  • Ensure that residents and citizens are part of the process of design, implementation & ongoing delivery of the project
  • Identify & explore business models which ensure the sustainability of the project, including capital & revenue plans
  • To do this we need to undertake a number of pieces of work and small projects - these are:
  • Work with partners including LJMU, National Museums Liverpool & Council on legal structure & any land transfer processes

The Flyover, is a highway gifted to the people.

By adding planting, kiosks, cafes, lighting & other infrastructure it will become a thriving oasis & green lung in the city centre, an iconic attraction for residents & visitors.

As visitors meander along the park, they will come across allotments tended by the local community including residents, students & school pupils, exhibitions, independent retail kiosks & stalls. Pedestrian routes, coupled with trim-trail equipment, offer a welcome space for residents & city workers to run & keep fit.

Just imagine yourself in this elevated park, having visited a farmers’ market, drinking freshly-made coffee & toast with a generous serving of honey produced by bees from hives within the park!

The Flyover has the potential to become a thriving promenade & meeting space within an important part of the city centre surrounded by our cultural museums & galleries.

With creative use of low cost materials, this great scheme won't cost the earth.

Location Liverpool

About the space

currently a flyover for vehicles & pedestrians

Council

Liverpool City Council

How will the money be spent?Total £40,844

Detailed Design - £11,050 (27%)
Stakeholder engagement - £9,600 (24%)
Other Fees - £6,000 (15%)
Business Plan - £4,350 (11%)
Surveys - £2,650 (6%)
Surveys - in-kind - £2,000 (5%)
Detailed Design - in-kind - £2,000 (5%)
Pre Planning application fee - £900 (2%)
Other - £2,294 (6%)

Costs Breakdown

This shows how money raised for the project will be spent. These costs have been confirmed by the project's Delivery Manager and verified.

27%
Detailed Design
£11,050
24%
Stakeholder engagement
£9,600
15%
Other Fees
£6,000
11%
Business Plan
£4,350
6%
Surveys
£2,650
5%
Surveys - in-kind
£2,000
5%
Detailed Design - in-kind
£2,000
2%
Pre Planning application fee
£900
6%
Other Read More
£2,294
  • Spacehive fees
    £1,245
  • VAT
    £337
  • Transaction Fees
    £275

Total £40,844

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