Cruise liner landing stage may be completed today

Aug 20 2007 by Liza Williams, Liverpool Daily Post

THE landing stage at Liverpool’s new cruise liner terminal should be finished today.

All pieces of the stage should be secured and work teams are also busy completing foot and road bridges.

Essential safety tests will follow before the landing stage can be operational.

It is now hoped the new terminal will be operational in time for its official opening ceremony on September 21, when the QE2 will visit the city on its 40th anniversary cruise.

The ceremony will be one of the highlights of the city’s 800th birthday year, attracting tens of thousands of visitors to the banks of the river in Liverpool and Wirral.

Originally, the landing stage was due to move into place in June but bad weather made it impossible for the new stage to be moved into place.

It was taken instead to Cammell Laird in Birkenhead to enable checks and last minute works to take place.

The city council plan is for dozens of cruise liners and Royal Navy vessels to visit the Mersey, bringing thousands of visitors to the city and providing an extra boost to the local economy.