Plans to create a parking zone around Everton Football Club’s new stadium will help manage the “vast volume” it is set to attract, a council representative has said.
Liverpool City Council will create the zone in the surrounding area of the club’s new 52,888 seater stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock. Proposals will cover the area within a 30-minute walk of the stadium, encompassing Ten Streets district and into the city centre.
Councillor Dan Barrington said the stadium, set to open for the 2025/26 season, will be “transformational” but how fans arrive and depart “needs to be carefully managed”.
A series of recommendations, which have been subject to a public consultation, will be taken to the council’s cabinet meeting on 8 October.
The football match parking zone is similar to what is in place around Goodison Park and Liverpool Football Club’s Anfield stadium.
They include new resident parking areas, taxi ranks, match day bus stands, parking restrictions and hours of operation for existing parking zones for the Great Homer Street area
The council said the overall aim of the new parking zone will be to reduce congestion, improve air quality, safety and journey times to and from the stadium.
Already selected as a venue for the UEFA European Championships in 2028 the new venue, which is serviced by the city’s historic “Dock Road”, will also be capable of hosting major non-footballing events.
