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Liverpool City Council announce Everton Stadium changes after fan backlash
Liverpool City Council have reacted to an issue surrounding Everton’s move to the Bramley Moore-Dock Stadium.
The Toffees are set to leave Goodison Park at the end of the current campaign, with their new 52,888 capacity home nearly ready to open.
The first test event at the Blues’ new ground was held on 17 February and several issues were identified that the club and authorities need to iron out before the official opening, with Everton supporters turning to social media to vent frustrations.
With the second test event to be staged on 23 March, progress has been made on one of the problems that was raised.
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Liverpool City Council make Everton announcement
Several businesses and residents around the area had raised concerns over controversial parking regulations around the Bramley-Moore Dock stadium.
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A new parking zone, known as an Experimental Traffic Order (ETRO), came into action last month and 4,000 residents and 3,000 business have been asked to apply for parking permits that will be imposed at all times, not just when the Blues are in action.
Liverpool City Council confirmed on Monday (3 March) that multiple changes have been made to those rules amid the backlash and what they learned from the first test event.
The proposed amendments include changes to the permit application process with applications for more than 10 business permits accepted on a case-by-case basis and the one-hour limited waiting restriction extended to two hours, where possible.
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Councillor Liam Robinson, leader of Liverpool City Council said: “Since the Experimental Parking Zone went live on the day of Everton’s first test event, the Council has been listening to all the feedback and analysing what we can do to make improvements.
“We understand the concerns being raised by businesses, residents and fans and we’ve wasted no time in assessing the necessary amendments that can be introduced as quickly as possible.”
Everton issues to be ironed out before stadium move
The purpose of the test events is to identify issues with the stadium itself and that could affect the surrounding area.
Any problems should be ironed out by the time that the ground is ready to host the full contingent of fans when the new season begins.
The move to a new home marks the start of an exciting new era at Everton, with the Friedkin Group at the helm and any teething issues should be fixed in the near future.
Then the club can focus on rebuilding the squad for David Moyes to climb up the Premier League table, away from relegation struggles and bottom-half mediocrity.
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