Developers Peel Holdings plan to build landmark buildings on the banks of the Mersey opposite Liverpool.
The Wirral Waters scheme is planned for the opposite side of the River Mersey.
The Mersey Tunnels Users Association (MTUA) is considering organising a protest against the "unfair" decision.
The firm is hoping to be given other prime waterside development sites, including one on the Mersey.
Part of the Trent and Mersey Canal breached at Dutton, near Preston Brook, after rain caused flooding last week.
The Liverpool Boat Show was due to take place on the Mersey waterfront for 10 days from 29 April.
Queensway Mersey Tunnel will be closed to traffic in both directions until 06:30 BST on Tuesday to accommodate the festival.
He co-wrote The Mersey Sound with Adrian Henri and Brian Patten in 1968, which became the biggest selling poetry compilation ever.
The ferries, immortalised by Gerry and the Pacemakers 1960's hit Ferry Cross the Mersey, are subsidised by tolls from the Mersey Tunnels.
Other North West figures to receive honours included Grange Hill creator and Mersey Television chief Phil Redmond, whose other credits include Brookside and Hollyoaks.
Property developers The Peel Group have announced plans for a new two million sq ft exhibition centre on the banks of the River Mersey.
However, Mersey Waste wants planing permission to modify the site and make it smaller, claiming it would take the site further away from houses.
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However, the committee decided on a merger of Mersey Street School, Strand Primary School and Sydenham Infants, which would mean closure for Mersey Street.
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Liners are currently only able to make stop-offs in the Mersey.
But the Costa Crocciere never arrived, a dispute with the owners leaving the redundant mid-section floating on the Mersey, and the Luxus deal is yet to materialise.
The Trent and Mersey Canal breached its banks at Dutton after heavy rain in September, leaving a hole the size of 12 double decker buses in the side.
Cheshire Police are warning motorists to avoid the areas around the Trent and Mersey Canal in Dutton and Middlewich, after it breached and parts of the towpath broke off.
Motorists are being warned that the Queensway Mersey Tunnel will be closed to all traffic in both directions from 2200 BST on Saturday until 0630 BST on Tuesday to accommodate the festival.
In their 1950s heyday the ferries carried millions of passengers, but these numbers dropped due to competition from rail and the construction of the second Mersey road tunnel in 1971.
Liverpool, for example, is home to some of Britain's best Art Deco design, in the Queensway tunnel under the Mersey, the Royal Court theatre and the city's first airport terminal.
The proposals form part of Peel Energy's vision to develop the mouth of the River Mersey into a "renewables hub" and sits alongside plans to harness tidal power from the river.
Winning these prizes is more straightforward than five years ago, and a lot easier than 15 years ago, says Tom O'Brien, chief executive of the Mersey Partnership, which promotes public-private ventures.
Well I'm a river pilot on the River Mersey what I do is to bring the big ships into Liverpool and then take them out again when they've finished discharging their cargo.
The chancellor also pledged to continue funding for "big infrastructure projects", including London's Crossrail project, the Mersey Gateway road bridge between Runcorn and Widnes and the Synchotron scientific facility in Oxfordshire.
The Peel Group has already secured Chinese cash for a development in Birkenhead, across the Mersey: these days, says Lindsey Ashworth, the company's development director, China is a much more promising source of funds than Britain.
''Liverpool has proven hosting capabilities and its people illustrated their great support for this race when crowds in excess of 80, 000 flocked to view the spectacular finish of Clipper 2002 from both sides of the mighty Mersey River last month.
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"All police forces charged with controlling traffic should be trained to the standards set by the Home Office and the Association of Chief Police Officers and the role of Mersey Tunnels Police now needs to be examined, " she said, adding she had written to the Home Office to express her concerns.
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