Car Parking Permits

[C'est la vie]

It's a shame it's not going to be open again. Was quick and easy access to the ground and was very helpful as I come along to games with an elderly chap and he has trouble walking all the way around.

[rebelade]

John Boy if you drive to the main gate and explain you want to drop off your elderly friend and then park at St Jo that should be fine

[C'est la vie]

Cheers Rebelade

[GarySTFC]

No Glen, we are not doing this for you as well. You can walk round.

[Reading Rebel]

That's madness, unless I have actually gone blind what isn't finished exactly in that road behind the stand? Also does anyone know the purpose of this dead end road! I thought the whole point of putting down that yellow walkway by the gate was so it could be opened permanently? No doubt down to some pointless H&S issue being implemented by jobsworths...

 

 

As far as I can see it's all finished and no further building is taking place behind the stand.

 

I was also under the impression that the road behind the stand will be for car parking once phase two is completed and all the machinery has been removed?

[GlenSTFC]

But it's a road where would cars park? Seems pointless that road unless there's some hidden meaning for it?

[David Carpenter]

Hope I'm being helpful here but the car parking arrangements once both Phase 2 and the Lynch Hill Academy are complete will be reciprocal between the CSF and the school. As far as I am aware there would be no parking along the access roads behind the east and west stands which makes sense if you think about it.

[GlenSTFC]

But what does the road behind the stand access exactly? If it went right around the stadium it would make more sense but it's a dead end, there's no where to park all I can think of is if there's segregation, away coaches could park there?

[David Carpenter]

Perhaps there might be a need to get say an ambulance up towards the east side of the ground. If there is a large gate (as per the Hayes game) then the east side   turnstiles might have to be opened requiring pedestrian access along the side roads/footways? It would seem that car parking in these locations would not be viable? 

[GlenSTFC]

Yes true emergency access might be the reason then, can't see many others. Case closed and gold star for David.

[staines_rebel_Jr]

Not so fast. Emergency access to that side of the stand is limited due to the lack of gate or opening of the railings around the pitch. This has already caused the club problems when removing the extra goals from the pitch before the game as they wanted to put the on the far side where there was plenty of extra space (and was the obvious place to put them) but couldn't as there was no gate in the railings for the goals to go through. It would make things very difficult if a stretcher was needed.

[David Carpenter]

I was thinking of a spectator emergency on the north side of the ground. And as I said before pedestrian access to turnstile blocks 2 & 3 (block 3 was used for the Hayes game).

[staines_rebel_Jr]

The gates were closed again last night.

[rebelade]

SRJ in a previous post I told you the gate won't open again, it's by request of a third party, nothing we can do.

[staines_rebel_Jr]

It was for the benefit of those who didn't come yesterday.