But is that just because they don’t have bike racks with space for 3,000 bikes?
I seem to recall the proposed plans included costings for a large contingent of cyclists to get to and from the Kirkby Bowl on match day - thus negating the need for too much tweaking of the transport infrastructure.
That's how cockamamie the plans were and, indeed, quite rightly laughed out of (Kirkby) town.
In all my years of match going, home and away, I have yet to see anybody cycling to the match and wouldn't hold out much hope for those attempting it on a crowded matchday.
Jaysus on a bike.
It was called in because all surrounding authorities protested about the retail park. In terms of transport, the local authority gave it the full go ahead, backed by their expensively acquired and detailed transport plan, which according too them showed the most accessible stadium in the country. That's what local authorities do when they're desperate for a major development. They pay for experts to say what they want to hear. Only when it was officially scrutinised and the clauses were identified, did the multiple-revision transport plan fall apart.
Jaysus indeed.
Bramley Moore did. There will be some reasons why those 2 decisions were made. Jaysus.
Like the people who designed Destination Kirkby?
"Most accessible stadium in the country" the club and Knowsley Council said loud and proud, armed with a substantial transport plan with mentions of new bus stations and park and ride facilities etc. Several revisions later, it was laughed out of the Public Inquiry as it was revealed that the transport modellers had been unable to achieve adequate dispersal rates for the proposed site and knowsley council were including capacity cap clauses to cover themselves.
you are basing your opinion on that? Seriously? Maybe put your faith in people who design stadiums for a living, people who model these things?
...when I asked the question at our site visit, the reply (from a site foreman walking us around) was that the idea was that lot of people would be hanging around in all the nice new shiny bars and restaurants, so there wouldn't be 50,000 leaving at once... I suspect that's he's not considering the "freezing cols soaking wet midweek/schoolnight 4-0 defeat scenario"!
the access is going to be worse than KD
there are only 4 entrances each about 10 yards wide
Its going to empty quicker than the Emirates when we go 2 down with 10 minutes to go
convincing me at the time that Kings Dock could never have been approved as a football stadium as the site could not handle that amount of traffic and that the site could really only take a concert arena like it has now.
Crosby Blue maybe I forget.
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