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From 20th to 22nd April, Liverpool will be stage to a Giant Spectacular.  The world’s greatest street theatre company, Royal De Luxe, will bring their Little Girl Giant to the city’s streets in one of the UK’s most spectacular events. The tale of Sea Odyssey is a will be played out on a gigantic scale. It will take place in key city spaces, moving across North Liverpool and the city centre, wowing the hundreds of thousands of people who are expected to descend on the city over the three days.

The show is one of the most complex events Liverpool City Council has ever staged, involving hundreds of people in its planning and execution.

A1TM are working extensively with Liverpool City Council to enable the giant to move safely around the city with the minimum of disruption to traffic, utilising active traffic management to respond to the dynamic nature of the event.

Look out for route information coming very soon…

http://www.giantspectacular.com/

The project has now been completed and the footbridge has created a safe route over the busy A419, and connected the new housing estate with Cirencester town centre, the supermarket and other community facilities.

The traffic management plan included lane closures and road closures for preparation work and then full closures to allow the main span of the bridge to be lifted into position over the A419.

A1TM look forward to working with Dawnus Construction again in the future.

A1TM Managing Director, Simon Gilford said “We are really pleased to be involved with such a momentous occasion.”

The torch will arrive on June 1st and again on June 22nd.  More details of the route to be provided shortly.

The celebration was to honour the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment, including its first casualties, lost in Afghanistan in 2009.

Soldiers from the Regiment’s 2nd Battalion, together with the King’s Division Band marched from the Council offices to the Parish Church for the presentation of a scroll to Brigadier Mike Griffiths CBE by the Mayor.

The parade then marched through the town centre to the cheers of thousands of local people and ex-servicemen, as well as friends and family.

A1TM worked closely with West Lancashire Borough Council and Lancashire Police on ensuring safe and happy event.  A1TM facilitated the town centre road closures to allow the parade, and assisted the police in creating temporary road blocks in highly traffic-sensitive areas, while the parade marched through the town centre.  The aim was to create a safe and enjoyable environment whilst minimising disruption.

The area is part of regeneration Masterplan to create more housing, more jobs and more facilities for the local community.   The store is expected to open around Easter 2012, together with the new community facilities.

Kent:- A1TM continue their work with Kier Street Services in Kent, providing Traffic Management to facilitate the term maintenance contract for the area.

The event started with a march through the city centre, where onlookers watched 2,500 people flow through the city in a blaze of sound and colour.  The march was lead by members of murdered teenager Michael Causer’s family, and numerous organisations including Merseytravel, Homes for Everyone, Merseyside Fire and Rescue and UNISON North West, were represented, together with local clubs and bars.

A1 Traffic Management were appointed for the second year to plan and facilitate the traffic control and road closures for the march and festival.  The march required a highly co-ordinated programme of road closures to ensure the city centre march route was clear of traffic. Five A1 teams worked simultaneously to ensure the route was closed for the minimum amount of time and that marchers could safely travel across the city.

A1TM were supported by Merseyside Police in the temporary closure of The Strand, Liverpool’s busiest road, to allow 2,500 marchers cross safely to the event site.  The Strand was closed for a mere 11 minutes.

Pride goers went on to enjoy a host of entertainment across two stages at the Pier Head, ending with a dramatic balloon release.  Stanley Street events were well supported and went on into the early hours of Sunday morning.

Tommy McIlravey, Chair of Liverpool Pride said: ‘It was an absolutely brilliant day, everything went to plan and we were even blessed with good weather. We didn’t think anything could top last year’s event but this surpassed our wildest dreams….Having the festival at the Pier Head in front of the Liver Building proved a huge success and we’ve had fantastic feedback about the festival site….everyone who came along really enjoyed themselves.’

A583 Watery Lane Preston City Centre.  Remaining closed westbound.

B6243 Ribbleton Lane  - closed between Gillett Street and Deepdale Mill Street, to facilitate the implementation of a powered screen and storage tank as part of Preston 32 UID’s storm water management scheme.

Signed diversions are in place.