COUNTY Hall bosses have ruled out letting hospital patients and visitors use its car parks even though they are virtually empty while the building is closed because of legionella.
The suggestion came from Green Party councillor Andrew Cross to relieve pressure on the car park at Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester after he witnessed people struggling to find spaces.
The busy hospital in Charles Hastings Way, managed by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, is only a short walk away from the closed Worcestershire County Council HQ, via Worcester Woods Country Park.
The photo above, taken on Thursday, show a rammed car park at Worcestershire Royal Hospital with almost every parking bay occupied.
In stark contrast, a photo taken at roughly the same time and on the same day show the almost empty car parks at County Hall, closed after legionella bacteria was found in the water.
It is not yet clear when County Hall will reopen with the popular Lakeview Cafe also shut.
Plans for the 850 space car park will go on show at the Lyppard Hub in Ankerage Green in Worcester on July 17 which some, including Warndon Parish Council chairman Lucy Hodgson, hope will relieve pressure on parking at the hospital.
In the meantime Cllr Cross, a Green Party city councillor for Leopard Hill and a county councillor for Warndon Parish, has asked Worcestershire County Council to open up the County Hall car park ‘for hospital car parking (especially now County Hall is closed)’.
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