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Three streets in Liverpool’s gay quarter are to be closed to traffic in the evenings.

Eberle Street will be pedestrianised from 10pm to 5am every night, while Stanley Street and Cumberland Street will be closed in the evenings from Thursday to Monday.

The original plans were for the streets to shut at earlier, to create a continental Europe-style ‘café culture’, but some businesses in the area said they needed access later than 6pm.

Cllr Steve Radford, co-chair of the city’s Gay Business Association and Leader of the Liberal Party Group, has called the proposals “an utter shallow sham”.

“We will be galvanising supporters to demand the closure from 7pm not 10pm,” said Cllr Radford.

“That would help businesses that are office-based clear the street – and allow it to become Liverpool’s version of Manchester’s Canal Street.

“To do less is a waste of public money and shows contempt for their own consultation.”

The plan will cost £268,000. Liverpool City Council is hoping to use £131,000 from Europe, but applications need to be in by the end of the year.

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