A SHOCKING speeded up video shows queues of traffic snaking around a Worcester hospital site as calls are renewed to allow patients to use the empty car parks at nearby County Hall.
The video, made by Cllr Katie Collier, shows traffic queuing for 90 minutes to get out of the Worcestershire Royal Hospital car park in Charles Hastings Way, Worcester.
It comes after ‘common sense’ suggestions were made by Green councillors, including Cllr Collier, that people be allowed to use the almost empty car parks at County Hall, the HQ of Worcestershire County Council.
Green Party councillors made the suggestion to take stress away from hospital patients, staff and visitors, at least while the building itself remains closed because of the legionella bacteria found in the water.
However, the county council says it needs the County Hall car parks for staff despite them being pictured last Thursday almost deserted as staff work from home or in nearby Wildwood.
Staff have yet to reply to enquiries by the Worcester News about how many spaces there are in total at County Hall and how many, at most, are occupied on average as patients face long queues at peak times at the hospital, a short distance away via Worcester Woods Country Park.
Green Party city councillor Katie Collier, who made the video in April, said it took people around 90 minutes to get out of the hospital site as plans are unveiled today (Wednesday) for a multi-storey car park which it is hoped will ease pressure on hospital parking.