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Liverpool hope to begin work on their \u00a360million Anfield Road redevelopment by the end of the year, with completion scheduled for the summer of 2022.<\/p>\nLiverpool hope to begin work on their \u00a360million Anfield Road redevelopment by the end of the year, with completion scheduled for the summer of 2022.<\/p>\n
The second stage of public consultation, reflecting small changes to the original proposals \u2013 the most significant being the rerouting of the road rather than permanent closure \u2013 began on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
If everything goes to schedule planning permission will be submitted this spring, with work due to commence in the latter months of the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur plan is to go into a planning process in March through April and expect a planning determination to come in late summer,\u201d chief operating officer Andy Hughes told PA.<\/p>\n
\u201cAssuming that goes to plan we would be able to commence the build towards the end of this year and take us through to completion in the summer of 2022.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are lot of things that can happen on that journey and even a small change on the planning application could delay us.\u201d<\/p>\n
More than 800 responses were received from the first public consultation, with 93 per cent in support of the plans, although opposition to the closure of Anfield Road forced a rethink which the club have now accommodated.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs expected to some degree there was some negative feedback around the road closure, it is obviously an issue for some of the local residents,\u201d added Hughes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have completed quite a lot of the design work and internals in the building but we\u2019ve had a long, hard look at space requirements and we have managed to come to a solution where we have shrunk down the ground floor of the building a small amount just enough to be able to divert the road around the back of the Anfield Road stand without going into Stanley Park.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not a significant cost.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, the proposed rebuild of the Anfield Road stand, which will add 5,200 general admission seats and 1,800 for hospitality and take the ground\u2019s overall capacity to around 61,000, does have some similarities with the previous redevelopment in terms of the methods used.<\/p>\n As the introduction of general safe-standing rail seating has not yet been passed into legislation, the issue remains a hypothetical one which the club will only consider if it is passed into law, carefully considering the views of families of Hillsborough victims and fans.<\/p>\n The plan is to keep the stand open for the entirety of the project to avoid any loss of matchday revenue.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was very complicated for the Main Stand, we built around the back and over the top and kept match days running pretty much as they were and we are pretty confident we can follow the same process for the Anfield Road expansion,\u201d said Hughes.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are looking at minimal seat loss on matchdays, hopefully virtually nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n Liverpool have challenged Chelsea after receiving less than the standard 15 per cent ticket allocation for their FA Cup fifth-round tie next month.<\/p>\n The club will will receive 658 tickets fewer than expected, however Chelsea, citing safety advisory group advice, say the decision is final.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/anfield_redevelopment.png\")
<\/figcaption><\/figure>Liverpool plan to fund the build themselves through existing finance options, as opposed to the Main Stand redevelopment which received a \u00a3110million loan from owners Fenway Sports Group.<\/p>\nShare this:<\/h3>