After listening to you about some of the challenges you face parking at the Lister we have built a multi-storey car park to provide around 500 additional spaces. This will also help us with the increase in demand for car parking when we open new services and transfer existing services from the QEII hospital.
How does the multi-storey car park benefit patients and staff?
- Pay on exit and only for the time you have parked (this starts from September 2011)
- We have more blue badge parking places (81 within the multi storey car park)
- Provides a safe and secure area for people to park in and manned 24/7
- It should be quicker for members of the public to find a parking space
- It is in a central location which is convenient for most departments.
Our multi-storey car park:
- Has 667 spaces
- Is linked directly to the hospital and has a landscaped plaza in front
- Has patient transport ambulance parking
- Provides triple the number of blue badge parking spaces overall on the Lister site.
Project update:
Our new multi-storey car park is now open. Find out more about the multi-storey car park and getting to the Lister hospital.
Parking and getting to the Lister hospital
Key dates:
July 2009 – The Trust’s master site planning application was approved by Stevenage Borough Council, including the proposed multi-storey car park.
December 2009 – The Trust’s outline business case was approved by NHS East of England. It outlined the reasons we felt this change is needed, how it will improve the service we offer and takes into account full financial considerations.
January 2010 - The Trust identified some potential specialist private sector partners to design, build and operate the new multi-storey car park.
February – May 2010 – The Trust negotiated with the shortlisted bidders on the design and cost of the new multi-storey car park. The full business case was developed and approved by the Trust Board.
June 2010 – Contract awarded to preferred bidder (Vinci Park Limited).
August 2010 - We moved 250 trust staff off site to ensure our patients and visitors can park on site. Pre-construction work was carried out by Vinci to ensure the site was ready for construction.
September 2010 – Construction of the new multi-storey car park commenced.
June - July 2011 – Phased changeover allowed patient transport ambulances to operate from the ground floor of the multi-storey car park while plaza is being constructed.
September 2011 – The new multi-storey car park is now open.
