Quote: Fishermanscap "Don't agree. Parking is not an issue as the ground is literally a five minute walk from the masses of parking available in the town centre. Ditto buses and is frankly next door to the train station. In a way it meets all the criteria of a modern eco friendly.
It could be done and would work IMO however it would involve some purchases maybe compulsery purchases to create access. This is where it falls down for me because I don't believe for a second that WMDC has the will or the bottle to do that. Martins Auto-centre looks an obvious access point and relatively easy to purchase but as I say takes the will.'"
I agree that being relatively close to the town centre, the site could make excellent use of public transport, especially Westgate Station but, can you possibly imagine 2/3000 cars, on top of local traffic trying to get in/ out of the area.
Its an absolute non starter and unless your going to knock down half of Peacock Estate, just where are you putting a RL ground with the amenities necessary to service the ground, it's not possible.
As I said, possible community facilities and this would require a decent amount of work but new stadium no way.
Out of interest, what did you have in mind for compulsory purchase and if main access to the site is down Silcoates Street, it would make getting in and our of The AJ Bell look easy ??