Willmott Dixon has been appointed to develop a car park scheme, a 730-space multi-storey facility in Stoke-on-Trent city centre.

It will be built next to Potteries Way and forms part of the wider Smithfield development, a £300 million joint venture between developer Genr8 and Stoke-on-Trent City Council to create a new mixed-use district in the city.

The work will be completed in summer 2022 and is being funded by the city council, which will be responsible for operating it when completed.

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This latest project in Stoke follows the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel and the neighbouring Clayworks apartments, also built by Willmott Dixon, which opened on the Smithfield site in 2020.

The car park will feature 48 motorcycle parking bays, 112 bicycle spaces, 42 lockers and an initial 12 electric vehicle charging points. It will be across seven levels, with two single-lane entrances and exits off Cannon Place for cars. Motorbikes and bicycles will use an entrance and exit off Cambridge Street.

Cllr James Smith, cabinet support member for regeneration at Stoke-on-Trent City Council: "This is a significant milestone in the ongoing regeneration of the city centre. As Smithfield and the wider city centre area continue to grow and expand, it's vital we have first class infrastructure like this multi-storey car park, with the ability to fit-out new electrical charging and emerging technologies, that will ultimately support what is on offer not just now but for generations to come."