Campaigners crowd fund for legal challenge over Liverpool zip wire

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Campaigners are seeking to crowd fund a judicial review challenge over the decision of the planning committee at Liverpool City Council to approve the creation of an adventure zip wire in the city centre.

Details: 04.Aug.2020

Plans put forward by Zip World for the zip wire from St John's Beacon to Liverpool Central Library were approved by the committee by 5 votes to 3 on 30 June 2020.

Campaign group Stop the Liverpool Zip has so far raised £2,230 via Go Fund Me towards its target of £5,000 to fund the primary stage of the legal challenge.

The group said the plans to install permanent adventure zip wires would destroy not only [the city’s] UNESCO recognition but the oasis of calm and remembrance in the city centre’s St John's Gardens.

Claiming the plans were "Disneyfication", it added: “We are asking Liverpool City Council to stop this project and maintain the integrity of the historical offer of our city.”

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