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Here are the latest images of how the ‘high street’ outside Anfield stadium could look once ambitious plans to transform Walton Breck Road are completed.

The area around the stadium had fallen into disrepair but is now being revitalised under a £260m regeneration scheme.

The city council is working with Liverpool FC and Your Housing Group to make Walton Breck Road into a thriving high street with new shops, restaurants and homes.

The pavements will also be widened and the area will be landscaped to make it more pedestrian-friendly.

And a new “tree-lined highway” will be created from Anfield’s Main Stand at Walton Breck Road through to Robson Street, along what are now Venice and Vienna Streets

Last night officials revealed the new images at an event in Anfield, where they encouraged firms to invest in the area.

They say existing businesses will get the chance to take new premises but they also want to attract new investors – including independent shops and firms who want to follow in the footsteps of the thriving Homebaked community bakery.

They hope the area could follow in the footsteps of south Liverpool’s Smithdown Road, where several independent venues have opened in recent years.

The updated images also show Liverpool FC’s new club shop, which is under construction.

Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson said: “We believe we have created a vision for the High Street which will absolutely transform the area, supporting existing shops and businesses and attracting new ones.

“We now want businesses and investors to come forward so we can help them take up what is a unique opportunity.”

The biggest transformation in the area recently has been the building of Anfield’s massive Main Stand.

But in the streets nearby, more than 200 derelict buildings have already been cleared as part of the regeneration scheme. Some 398 homes have been built with another 300 refurbished.

Your Housing Group chief executive Brian Cronin said: “Anyone visiting Anfield in the last year can see the improvements which have already been made. Much has also been done through the delivery of new-build homes and the imaginative refurbishment of traditional terraces. We can already see the brighter Anfield which is emerging.”