Ski groups want slope to be built on former landfill site in Bromborough

Feb 10 2010 by Lorna Hughes, Bromborough and Bebington News

SKI groups want to build a slope on the site of Bromborough’s former landfill site.

The North West Ski Federation is proposing the ambitious project, which it hopes will be considered early on in the planning for the area.

Last month, the Northwest Development Agency (NWDA) offered the Forestry Commission almost £2.4m to transform the old Bromborough waste landfill site.

Alan Jones, of the North West Ski Federation, said: “We are still at the suggestion stage, but I am hopeful that the difficulties can be overcome without prohibitive expense.”

The current plan for the former tip site has been put together under the Newlands programme and the Mersey Coastal Park Strategy, and will include extensive landscaping.

There have also been suggestions that an “iconic sculpture” could be erected at the new park’s highest point.

Bromborough councillor Steve Niblock said it was “an innovative idea” which could bring in tourists.