The End of on Street Parking within walking distance of the Etihad

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Exactly, who are the permit holders on non-residential streets?

Staff for the Etihad and Coop Live? Just a guess.

 

[levets]

Anyone got a blue badge because you can still park on the double yellow? If not maybe volunteer to have a leg chopped off, this and other great tips are available in Viz ;)

I have a Blue Badge and the booklet on using it advises that you can Park anywhere (except double RED lines) for up to 3 hours providing you do not cause any obstruction or park dangerously. I can’t see this being a case of ‘Doesnt apply near The Etihad’

 

[city2]

How far have they put yellow lines on Ashton new road that’s where I normally park .

 

[BlueMonkey79]

Binned driving in to games off a long time ago. Tram in from Ashton. Walk to halfway house in Droylsden (takes me 30 min) and Girlfriend picks me up from there. I normally beat the tram from the stadium to there anyway, due to the state of the traffic. Luckily I'm relatively fit and able bodied!

 

[DisturbedSwan]

Have naively booked the stadium parking for the Burnley game on Wednesday, should be fun getting out after the game lol.

 

[Buckshaw Blue]

This is what I don't understand. Who are the permit holders who will be parking here? There are no houses anywhere near and most matches are out of business hours for most businesses around the area. Plus the businesses have large yards where they can park cars anyway.

The biggest problem is actually on Grimshaw Ln where lorries for Fine Lady Bakeries struggle to get through with cars parked either side. HGV's can't go down Bank Bridge Rd as far as I'm aware as the Phillips Park bridge at the Velodrome end is too low(Could be wrong).

Has Grimshaw Lane had double yellows painted? Used to park there years ago.

 

[Academica]

City stewards?

Most of the stewards parked on River Park Road, they get a place on blue car park which most will be using now. That means even less places available for everyone else.

 

[Academica]

Staff for the Etihad and Coop Live? Just a guess.

Staff in the same boat as everyone else.

 

[willipp]

Have naively booked the stadium parking for the Burnley game on Wednesday, should be fun getting out after the game lol.

Should get home for work on Thursday morning at least.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Fucking joke from the City Council. And I’d like to think our club had made serious representations about these restrictions, but they won’t have done. Looking forward to all the extra trams (lol)

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Have naively booked the stadium parking for the Burnley game on Wednesday, should be fun getting out after the game lol.

It resembled a demolition derby the last time I tried it (must be 10 years ago or more). Took an hour to just move out of the bay on the back car park then a free for all for any exit. Good luck.

 

[Rammy Blue]

I’m on crutches tomorrow when attending, still going to have to park miles away, lol. Going to be some serious pain encountered but hey ho it’s City.

 

[CityBrat64]

Has Grimshaw Lane had double yellows painted? Used to park there years ago.

It certainly has at the Briscoe Lane end where I've been parking for years

 

[Corky]

Fucking joke from the City Council. And I’d like to think our club had made serious representations about these restrictions, but they won’t have done. Looking forward to all the extra trams (lol)

The restrictions were part if the planning permission for the arena, and the the arena owners are paying towards them.

The club is a major driving force behind them.

 

[Elbow beards]

Well the mass exodus will start 20 minutes before the end now.

 

[BringBackSwales]

The restrictions were part if the planning permission for the arena, and the the arena owners are paying towards them.

The club is a major driving force behind them.

Take your point, thanks, but the club couldn’t argue against the parking restrictions rather than just accepting them?

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Bus wanker on Wednesday for me then. Park in Ashton end of the new road and 216 in and out.

That's the plan. See what time I get home, if ever.

Park outside the Alexander club in Ashton as its only about 150m from the tram station.

 

[bluegray]

I have a Blue Badge and the booklet on using it advises that you can Park anywhere (except double RED lines) for up to 3 hours providing you do not cause any obstruction or park dangerously. I can’t see this being a case of ‘Doesnt apply near The Etihad’

I use mine not far from the athletes track. The area has been under the restrictions for well over a season now and I've never been ticketed. Every car that doesn't have a blue badge gets a ticket thou.

 

[mancityvstoke]

100's of seats available for this game still...........................£61 in Sth Stand 3.

No free street parking........high prices.

This will be interesting to see how it sells

 

[Corky]

Take your point, thanks, but the club couldn’t argue against the parking restrictions rather than just accepting them?

The restrictions were needed to mitigate the impact of the arena to make it acceptable in planning terms.

Without agreeing there would be no arena, and the club/group are a major shareholder in it. They were always fully on board with it, and any consultation was 3 years after everything had been decided, and a token gesture.

I am not in favour of what happened, just explaining it.