On 12th and 13th September Peel Holdings held a Public Exhibition at Birkenhead Market to gauge public opinion and seek their views of its visionary £4.5 Billion Wirral Waters scheme.

Members of the public were invited to come and meet the Wirral Waters team, have their say and see some stunning new images, fly-through, and scale model of East Float which showed the latest changes to this magnificent scheme.

The event was a huge success with hundreds of people coming to see the scheme and meet the team. Whilst at the stand, people were also encouraged to fill in a questionnaire about Wirral Waters as well as discuss to help Peel gauge public opinion more easily.

Lindsey Ashworth, Development Director of Peel Holdings, said:-

“We were overwhelmed and delighted by the number of people who came to see us at the stand over the weekend, and equally pleased by the responses and reactions from the people of Wirral at the revised proposals for Wirral Waters. It shows that local people really care about what is the possible future of their community.

Almost everybody who we spoke to was in full support of the scheme and keen to get things moving. We are nearly ready to put the results of the questionnaires onto our web site so people can see what others thought about the scheme.

We really appreciate people taking time took to talk to us and we will return in the new year with an update ”

The £4.5 Billion waterside redevelopment scheme will see the transformation of Birkenhead Docks with Wirral becoming an international waterside destination rivalling cities such as Sydney, New York and Shanghai.

It will see the creation of a world class mixed use iconic waterfront development providing major benefits for the local economy and for the people of Wirral and beyond with a massive increase in tourist business, tens of thousands of new jobs and inward investment to the area.