Liverpool Council to create 350 extra carpark spaces in CBD

One of the most common complaints about the Liverpool CBD will be addressed with a commitment from the council to provide more parking.

Liverpool Council resolved at its last meeting to create an additional 350 carparking spaces in the CBD.

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One of the most common complaints about the Liverpool CBD will be addressed with a commitment from the council to provide more parking.

Liverpool Council will create an additional 357 parking spaces at Woodward Park and 68 Speed St, which will be repurposed as a public carpark.

The resolution, made at last week’s council meeting, will see 250 spaces added to the first and 100 created at the latter.

A shuttle bus service will transport commuters from Woodward Park to the CBD.

The council confirmed design work will begin immediately, with work due to start in the coming months.

A report prepared by council staff highlighted the strong demand for parking in the CBD and its fringes.

Woodward Park in Liverpool.

“The illegal parking on community land between Memorial Ave and the Brass and Pipe Band Hall area, as well as the full utilisation of the car park in the Canterbury Leagues Club owned land, is a strong show of public demand for commuter parking,” the report read.

“Provision of additional all-day public carparking will provide more parking options for residents, employees and visitors to the Liverpool City Centre.”

Liverpool Mayor Wendy Waller said the area was “growing and changing” and the council was committed to “ensuring Liverpool’s rise is accompanied by the services and amenities our residents will need to live and thrive here”.

Liverpool Mayor Wendy Waller. Picture: Robert Pozo

“Our new university campuses have brought more students into the city, new businesses are moving in and jobs are being created every day.

“Council is focused on Liverpool’s future as Sydney’s third CBD, but we recognise we need to get the basics right.”

“More jobs and people in the CBD means a greater need for carparking and that’s why council has committed to providing these extra 350 spaces.”

The council also resolved to direct all revenue raised from parking meters in the CBD to parking-related activities and solutions from July 1.