15 December 2014
Merseylink helps organise community Christmas parties for residents
The Merseylink project and its staff have donated £1000 to the West Bank Community Centre to help with costs towards two Christmas parties for children and senior citizens.
The first Christmas party was held on December 10, for 25 local children who attend day care at West Bank Community Centre, in Widnes.
The children, aged from six months to four years-old, regularly attend day care at the centre.
On December 18, a second party will be held for 45 senior citizens who use the centre on a regular basis.
Richard Walker, Project Director, said the money will be used to provide party-goers with a traditional three-course Christmas meal, and is an opportunity for them to socialise and spend time with other members of the community.
"The donation has helped pay for catering for both parties, decorations and a new Christmas tree for the Community Centre, plus selection boxes and gifts for the children. Those attending the second event will have the chance to have a festive glass of sherry while having a game of bingo," he said.
"I'd like to thank everyone who has donated to help make these children and senior citizens' Christmas extra special. This money will help to make sure they all go away with happy memories, and to bring some festive cheer to the local community."
Richard added that the team would like to thank Glyn Furfie at Snackshack for providing the catering for the event.
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For further information please contact Chris Sealey or Chris Taylor at DTW on 01287 610 404 / 07786 512 833 / 07949 287 356 or emailchris.sealey@dtw.co.ukorchris@dtw.co.uk.
Editors Notes:
About the project
The Mersey Gateway Project will be one of the largest infrastructure initiatives in the UK over the coming years. Last year Mersey Gateway was identified as one of the UK government's Top 40 priority projects in theNational Infrastructure Planand it has been recognised by KPMG as one of the‘Top 100 infrastructure projects around the globe'.
The economic, transport and social benefits the project will bring to the region include:
- 470 permanent full-time equivalent jobs on site during construction
- 4,640 permanent direct and indirect jobs
- £61.9 million a year in Gross Value Added from the new jobs by 2030.
When it opens in 2017, both the new bridge and the Silver Jubilee Bridge will be tolled, but they will be free* to all residents.
Its features will include:
- a 1,000m long cable stay bridge consisting of four spans supported from three towers in the estuary;
- a unique design where the 80m high central tower will be shorter than the two outer towers, which will be 110m (north tower) and 125m (south tower) ;
- a total length (including the bridge and approach viaducts) of 2.13km;
- a deck carrying six lanes of traffic (three in each direction) with a speed limit of 60mph;
- up to 30 supporting piers carrying it across the approach viaducts; and
- a curved approach at each end of the bridge giving varying views of its unique design and maximising its visual impact.
You can find out more about the project atwww.merseygateway.co.uk.
About the Merseylink consortium
The Merseylink Consortium was appointed by Halton Borough Council as the project company earlier this year on a 30-year contract to design, build, finance and operate the project.
Its equity partners are Macquarie Capital Group Limited, BBGI, and FCC Construcción. The construction joint venture is made up of Kier Infrastructure and Overseas Limited, Samsung C&T Corporation and FCC Construcción S.A.
Sanef S.A. will deliver and operate the tolling solution for the consortium.