As many will already know CWaC has published a consultation regarding the future of the Goods Shed. The consultation notice states:
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FRODSHAM RAILWAY STATION
GOODS SHED CONSULTATION
Car parking at the railway station is becoming increasingly difficult and with the imminent re-opening of the Halton Curve, the pressure on the car park will only increase.
Cheshire West and Chester Council is therefore keen to seek solutions to maximise the number of available parking places at this car park.
As a minimum, it is planned to surface and properly line the rough ground at the bottom of the car park but this alone will not meet the anticipated demand that has been identified in the Council’s parking strategy.
It is therefore proposed to demolish the goods shed, shown on the plan below, which would provide up to 60 additional parking spaces and improve the frontage to the station platform with attractive landscaping.
Due to the short timescales concerning the Halton Curve, we may need to submit a provisional planning application for demolition before the end of the consultation.
Please be assured that we will take into account the outcome of the consultation before deciding whether or not to progress the application. Should the application be progressed there will be a further (statutory) consultation.
Please send your comments by email to: parking@cheshirewestandchester.gov.ukor by post to Parking Services, 4 Civic Way, Ellesmere Port, CH65 0BE.
PLEASE TELL US YOUR VIEWS
We are keen to understand what local opinion is on this proposal to demolish the goods shed to create additional car parking spaces.Let us know your thoughts by: Friday, 13 July 2018.
I suppose we should all be happy that the council is considering expanding the Station car park - however they've left it very late with the Halton Curve set to open in December 2018.
Lynn and I have been raising the need to expand car parking provision in Frodsham, and particularly at the Station for years and years, having campaigned previously for the re-opening of the Halton Curve and for us to have through trains to Liverpool. We are now less than 6 months before the Halton Curve will re-open and still CWaC has not got its act together.
We know the Station car park is full on a weekday by around 8am simply with trains to Chester, Manchester and beyond. Adding in trains to and from Liverpool and the ability to change at Runcorn for the London bound trains is bound to create significant additional demand too.
I've asked CWaC to have talks with Network Rail about expanding the Station car park to the east. Network Rail own the land alongside the railway (not surprisingly) that could also be used for more car parking spaces. I'm told there are discussions on going about this too.
I'm very unhappy that this is all so last minute. It also appears that very little thought has been given to the effect of bringing in car parking charges into Frodsham and the potential knock on effect of car parking being displaced onto residential roads.
I already hear on the grapevine that CWaC officers are not looking favourably on residents car parking schemes in Frodsham...
I'm sure this issue will run on for many more months yet.