Tenders Are Invited For Crosby Coastal Park Cycleway and Footpath

This procurement exercise is for the delivery of a Civil Engineering Works project; Crosby Coastal Park Cycleway and Footpath on behalf of Sefton Council (“The Council”).  It is to be noted that Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) DO NOT apply in relation to this procurement exercise.Crosby Coastal Park is located 11 km north of Liverpool Centre and covers an area alongside the coast heading north for several kilometres from Waterloo. The park has direct links to several attractions including the beach, Anthony Gormley’s statues and Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre and is a popular destination for walkers and cyclists.The scheme is focused on the provision of over 2 km of new cycleway / footpath in the Crosby Coastal Park from north of Crosby Leisure Centre to the start of the park at Cambridge Road in the south. There are a few residential properties that back onto the park and will be close to the route of the new cycleway / footway. The works will also involve the widening of the existing Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre access road from Cambridge Road with associated drainage works. There will also be a limited provision of new street lighting along the scheme.Funding BackgroundThe cycleway / footpath will be funded as part of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) secured funding from European Union Sustainable Urban Development (SUD) (Low Carbon and Environment and Resource Efficiency) Fund