Overview

The COVID-19 crisis has had a major impact on our lives and has impacted us on a number of fronts, such as our health, our freedom to move around, to meet people, and has created a severe economic legacy. We know going forward that pedestrians will need more space and businesses will need to be creative in the way they continue to operate whilst acting in a responsible manner. Central government expects local authorities to make significant changes to their road layouts to give more space to pedestrians and that such measures should be undertaken as quickly as possible, often within weeks, to reflect the urgent nature of the situation.

The webinar will share Liverpool City Council’s experience of providing a Covid-19 response during the pandemic to support the hospitality sector specifically. It will cover;

• Scene setting
• The flexible approach taken by council departments during the pandemic
• The legislation used to facilitate interventions
• The challenges faced such as consultation
• The successes achieved
• The lessons learnt

This overview on actual schemes introduced on the ground will help highway and traffic engineers draw upon good practice as well as the lessons learnt along the way.

Why you can't miss the event

• Increase your understanding of how Liverpool City Council responded to the Covid-19 crisis
• Gain essential insight into the key challenges and issues faced
• Hear about the a multitude of techniques that were utilised to make this project happen
• Take part in an interactive Q&A session
• This event is approved for CPD by CIHT
  
  

Who is the event for?

This event is open to both members and non-members of CIHT. It will be of particular interest to highway and traffic engineers.

Speakers

Karen Agbabiaka, Interim Chief Highways Officer Highways and Transportation, Liverpool City Council

Karen has worked in the industry for over 30 years in a wide range of leadership and technical roles. She is currently the Interim Chief Highways Officer at Liverpool City Council responsible for implementing a Transformational plan covering strategic management of public realm, highways management, DSO, Street lighting, Streetworks, flood risk management & Traffic Management Act duties and few more things besides.

Karen is passionate about innovation and how that can be integrated into everything we do particularly how it can help us act on climate change and achieve our Net Zero Targets. That keeps Karen busy but the most important part of the job, is the people she works with. The teams are our greatest asset so, as part of her transformational plan, Karen has developed a programme around people and their talents.

John Booth, Technical Director, AECOM

John has worked in the industry for 33 years. He spent 23 years in design and 10 years on site. During that time, John has acted in a client, contractor and consultancy roles across both private and public sectors.

John's day job at AECOM means he is lucky to wear a few hats as a technical director, NEC PM, framework manager and quality auditor. He is responsible for design operations across a wide range of active travel, bus priority, public realm, traffic and safety engineering, TRO’s, highway works.

John is a people orientated person acting in various mentoring roles to his team. He tend to think in terms of “3 legs to a stool” if one leg is missing it doesn’t work so he constantly speaks with my clients, contractors / supply chain, and the AECOM team to capture Innovation thinking and produce thought leadership notes around delivery and technical excellence.
 

Help and support

If you have a question please contact northwest@ciht.org.uk.