Car park for 450 approved ahead of bridge closure

Plans for a large temporary car park in Hull have been approved by the city council ahead of major work on a bridge.

The 454-space facility will be built on derelict land off Holderness Road, formerly the site of an Evans Halshaw car dealership.

Planning documents put forward by the council state that the car park will "alleviate the impact that the closure of Drypool Bridge would have on road users".

Work to repair "significant damage" to the bridge, which crosses the River Hull, is due to start this month. A contraflow system will be introduced on 14 July, but a full closure is expected to be required later in the project.

It is hoped that motorists will walk or take a bus from the car park into the city centre.

According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the site will have an entrance and exit from Holderness Road, along with a second exit on to Bright Street.

The application means the car park could be operated until 30 June next year, or until the bridge permanently re-opens.

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