Everton stadium parking zone plans on hold after controversy
A controversial raft of parking restrictions around Everton's new football stadium has been suspended after complaints from business owners. An Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO) had been imposed within a half-hour walking radius around the stadium at Bramley Moore dock - including heavy restrictions for on-street parking. Business owners in the streets around the stadium said they were astonished to learn the restrictions would apply all year round - not just on match days - and some claimed they would cause them to go under.On Monday, Liverpool City Council said the restrictions were being paused until August in the areas where businesses would be most affected.
The council said the temporary postponement would take effect along the city's waterfront from its northern end by Canada Dock down to the Leeds Street area of the city centre boundary, and eastwards across to the Pumpfields district.
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