Liverpool visitor economy plan moves to public exhibition

Liverpool's draft Visitor Economy Strategy 2026-2030 is set to move through public exhibition after the Governance Committee backed the next stage of the plan at its 10 March meeting.

The committee agreed to provide input and comments as part of the exhibition process, and resolved that the strategy return to Council after exhibition for adoption, as recorded in the meeting minutes.

The item was one of a small number of committee decisions that went beyond simply noting reports. The same meeting also sought further design review for the George Street and Moore Street upgrades in Liverpool, requested advice on rationalising internally restricted funds, and asked for budget follow-up work ahead of 2026-27 allocations.

For residents and local businesses, the immediate change is that there is expected to be an opportunity to comment on a strategy dealing with the visitor economy, an area that can affect tourism, events and economic activity in Liverpool. The minutes do not set out the exhibition dates or the detail of the draft strategy.

The next formal step is public exhibition. After that process is completed, the Visitor Economy Strategy 2026-2030 is due to come back to Council for adoption.

Elsewhere in the meeting, the committee directed further review of parking numbers, partial road closure arrangements and two-way traffic needs as the George Street and Moore Street project moves into detailed design. It also asked for more localised stakeholder engagement on those issues.

The committee also directed the CEO to report back on how internally restricted funds can be rationalised, and asked for a report on all external organisations that Council is a member of before budget allocation in the 2026-27 budget. It further requested that a zebra crossing at Cartwright Public School be included in the Capital Works Program.