Cambridge City Council’s new Park Street car and cycle park opens today (Tuesday 26 November) following the closure in 2022 of the former Park Street car park to enable major redevelopment on the site.
The new site offers:
- secure parking for 239 bicycles, 10 oversized bicycles, and 20 motorcycles, with the design of the space developed in collaboration with Camcycle
- 223 underground car parking spaces, including 23 active EV charging spaces, and 200 passive EV charging spaces (set up with the cables and power supply necessary to enable sockets to be added easily as need increases) – as part of the council’s wider commitment to installing 800 EV chargers in the city’s car parks through a partnership with Connected Kerb
- 16 blue badge parking spaces, two of which are EV charging spaces
- a new landscaped central courtyard linking Park and Bridge Streets
- and a new aparthotel to be operated by Staycity as part of its Wilde brand portfolio, which will target BREEAM Excellent status using air source heat pumps and recycled rainwater.
The building superstructure is complete, as are the underground car and cycle park which are open from 1pm today, with the aparthotel due to open in spring 2025 once work has concluded.
Cllr Simon Smith, Executive Councillor for Finance and Resources at Cambridge City Council, said: "The opening of Park Street represents a real milestone for the council. We took the decision to invest in this project because the previous car park was aging, and it offered us an opportunity to develop new facilities that will play an important part in supporting people shifting to greener travel options with the EV charging and the substantially improved facilities for secure cycle parking.
"The aparthotel will provide much needed income to support essential services for residents, as well as a boost for local businesses. I wish to thank residents and neighbouring businesses for their patience and understanding during the construction works; this is an important renovation for well-used facilities in the city centre.”
Marcus Boret, Director of Marick, the Developer, said: “It’s great to work with a forward thinking partner who shares our common interest in best in class regeneration. We are proud of our contribution towards the re-generation of this conservation site. We are certain this will be a great community success and long-term investment for the council.”
