Triskelions have been mounted on the Isle of Man Ferry Terminal in Liverpool.

The government described it as ‘marking a symbolic step towards the facility’s completion next year’.

The terminal building itself, which is currently being constructed at Central Dock and due to be finished in June 2023, is now weather tight and inside, the escalators have been installed and work is currently taking place on the lifts.

The security and check-in buildings are not far from being finished and significant engineering works to form the foundation for the vehicle entrance/exit ramp are now complete.

Looking ahead over the next eight weeks, the external fabric of the building, which is costing the government over £70.6m, will be completed.

The site substation will also be installed, allowing the power to the terminal building to be switched on.

In August, Liverpool City Council approved funding of just under £300,000 to be spent on a new bridge that will form part of the ferry terminal.

The bridge will connect Princes Dock with the new terminal and provide a ‘vital link’ to enable pedestrians and cyclists to access the whole development, according to the government.

It will open up access along the entire Liverpool waterfront from Aigburth to Bramley-Moore Dock.

It says the bridge will act as a public right of way along the canal-side of the ferry terminal site and provide a more direct route for ferry passengers wishing to travel to and from the city centre on foot than via Waterloo Road, Jesse Hartley Way and Triskelion Way.

The bridge is not part of the Isle of Man Ferry Terminal project, so no funding comes from the Isle of Man Government. The requirement to maintain a public right of way along the canal-side, linking the bridge with Triskelion Way, was a condition of planning from the outset.

Chris Capes, Peel L&P’s development director for Liverpool Waters, said: ‘This bridge is a critical link, connecting the new ferry terminal with other developments at Liverpool Waters.’