The Rocket junction

The Rocket junction upgrade on hold

​A plan to upgrade The Rocket junction at the end of the M62 is to be paused to examine how it could be altered to better encourage greener modes of travel.
 
The proposal, first announced in 2019, looked at demolishing the existing Queens Drive Flyover and replacing it with a new roundabout, featuring a dual lane underpass.
 
The aim was to address poor air quality around the Rocket Junction, which is the busiest in Liverpool city region with over 100,000 vehicles travelling through it every day.
 
However, since its inception, there have been significant changes to both local and national policy objectives.
 
As a result, Liverpool City Council has been reviewing its previous commitments, to ensure they align to the city’s new vision and objectives outlined in the City Plan, as well as national transport policy objectives.

​The council has now requested that the Department for Transport allow additional time to re-evaluate the scheme, to examine how it could transform the way people move around and through the area, while also improving traffic flow and cutting congestion.
 
The re-evaluation will include a look at how the scheme could:
 
• Support active travel and in turn improve air quality.
• Deliver public transport improvements to, and parking at, Broadgreen station to encourage motorists to ‘park and ride’ into the city centre.
• Support and enable a proposed green bus corridor on the A57, which runs parallel to the route.

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