A PROJECT which has transformed Liverpool city centre’s public spaces has won a major award.

The public realm works for the City Centre Movement Strategy (CCMS) has won the Places for People Award in the North West Regional Construction Awards.

CCMS is a £73m package of improvements to roads and pedestrian areas to provide a balanced and sustainable transport system.

The North West Regional Construction awards are run by Centre for Construction Initiative to celebrate best practice and excellence in the built environment and construction sector. They recognise people, projects and organisations showing outstanding performance, skills and attributes. Regeneration leader Cllr Peter Millea said: “The work undertaken as part of CCMS has made the city centre so much more attractive and easier to get around.

“When you remember what the heart of the city used to be like with uneven, cracked pavements and poor-quality material then you can see that the improvements brought about by CCMS have been immeasurable.

“Inevitably there was some disruption when this work took place and some people have confused it with other works which were labelled as the Big Dig – but we have seen the results are very well worthwhile.

“And the judging panel, which consisted of experts in this area, had no doubts that this scheme was a worthy winner and it is good that there is an impartial acknowledgment of CCMS’s value to the city.”