New £4.5m car park planned for Altnagelvin Hospital - but no new spaces available
A TOTAL of £4.5m is to be spent on a new multi-storey car park at Altnagelvin Hospital – but it won’t result in any new car parking spaces at the site.
The Derry News has learned the new car park is to be part of a £73m development project at the Derry hospital.
However, because a large number of current car parking spaces will be lost as a result of a new wing being built as part of the development, the multi-storey car park will not provide any additional spaces at the hospital site.
The availability of parking spaces has been an issue at Altnagelvin Hospital for some time.
Staff, patients and visitors face a daily struggle to find a parking space in the hospital grounds.
A planning application for the multi-storey car park was lodged with the Planning Service last week.
The application states that the proposal will not result in any additional car parking spaces.