MORE than 10 years after it closed its doors, work will finally start on restoring the Liverpool International Garden Festival site.
Work will start in November to restore the formal gardens after the city council gave developers the go-ahead.
It means the gardens should be open late next year.
The North West Regional Development Agency (NWDA) have offered a £2.1m grantŠto developers Langtree for the restoration work, and a separate contribution of £1.6m from the Northwest European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is also currently being considered.
In order to accept the grant changes, a development agreement was drawn up between the council and Langtree, which included deferring a dowry, to cover maintenance costs from Langtree, for five years.
Council leader Cllr Warren Bradley, said: ”The gardens should be something the city is proud of and a real asset to the community.”
