Work has started to build the UK's first 'mobility hub' – a multi-storey car park offering electric vehicle chargers, car share clubs and cycle hire. The scheme promises to help Ancoats be a place where people are prioritised over cars.
As well as featuring 150 secure bike parking spaces, the new hub would offer changing facilities for cyclists. Bikes would also be available to hire from the eight-storey structure which is being built on a cleared site off Poland Street.
Of the 406 car parking spaces which would be available for residents and visitors, 102 would be fitted with electric vehicle charging points with the potential to increase this number in the future. There will also be up to 30 spaces for car share club schemes which reduce the need to own a vehicle.
