Location chosen for £6bn Mersey barrage

Summary

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (CA) says it has chosen a likely location for its proposed £6bn Mersey Tidal power barrage.

On Thursday the CA said an area of the Mersey Estuary between Otterspool in south Liverpool and Bromborough in Wirral, would be the most likely location. Another option would have seen the barrage built close to Everton FC's stadium and Egremont in Wirral.

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