The city council's executive board is being asked to give the go-ahead for the Transport Capital Programme up to 2011 following the Department for Transport (DfT) announcing allocations to the city under the Local Transport Plan.

These amount to £30.4million over the three years but will be used to attract external funding from the DfT, European Regional Development Fund, Northwest Regional Development Agency and other private and public sector bodies. It is estimated that the programme will be worth a total of £107m.

Among the schemes included in the programme are:
* Major highway works including the Hall Lane by-pass; a study into the Speke/Halewood Southern Approaches route and Atlantic Avenue
* A number of City Centre Movement Strategy schemes including continued improvements to the public realm
* Local road safety schemes throughout the city aimed at cutting casualties
* Improvements to the cycling network by creating new routes and extended existing ones
* Supporting initiatives to improve street lighting

Cllr Mike Storey, executive member for regeneration, said: "It is vital that we get the city's infrastructure right to support its regeneration and this programme will ensure that important schemes are carried out.

"It will lever in millions of pounds into the city and benefit all forms of transport users. This programme will provide improvements for motorists, public transport, cyclists and pedestrians.”