The Big Dig was a collection of various

civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

projects in

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to regenerate the city. The scheme was a ten-year plan for the city's 2008 European Capital of Culture status. The city gained a new shopping centre

Liverpool One Liverpool ONE is a shopping, residential, and leisure complex in Liverpool, England. The project involved the redevelopment of 42 acres (170,000 m2) of land in the city centre. It is a retail-led development anchored by the department store ...

. It cost around £3bn and created 14,000 jobs and included a rationalisation of the city centre traffic network.

Criticism

Implementation of the scheme was protracted and severely hampered the ability of the city to perform as a commercial centre. The cancellation of the 2007 Mathew Street Festival was directly attributed to the 'big dig'.

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20070102225755/http://www.bigdig.liverpool.gov.uk/ Buildings and structures in Liverpool Liverpool Transport in Liverpool {{Merseyside-struct-stub