Sheffield Council car parks become free to use for key workers

The new policy - which will be in place until it is reviewed on April 13 - includes all off-street parking owned by Sheffield Council.

The Council has already provided permits for free on-street and off-street parking for NHS staff in conjunction with the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

This further suspension of charges will enable other key workers to take advantage of free parking.

The Council car parks available to key workers without charge are:

Broad Lane Brook Hill Carver Lane Carver Street Copper Street Ebenezer Street Eldon Street Fitzwilliam Street Rockingham Street Science Park B Silver Street Stanley Street Trinity Street Wellington Street Wicker Lane Willey Street Workhouse Lane Parkers Lane Spooner Road Alderson Road Stewart Road

Councillor Bob Johnson, Cabinet Member for Transport and Sustainability at Sheffield City Council, said: “This a very difficult time for everyone in Sheffield and whilst we encourage everyone who can stay at home to do so, we understand that some key workers need to continue to travel into the city centre for essential work.

“Therefore we have decided to make this as stress-free as possible by suspending the charges on all Council car parks for key workers.

“We are working hard to support essential workers in our city in their work delivering vital services across Sheffield.

“I would like to thank all of our key workers for their dedication and effort during this pandemic.”

While city centre car parks owned by the council are now free to use, key workers are reminded that they should still pay attention to the other parking restrictions which will still be in force such as private car parks, yellow lines, clearways or disabled parking bays.

A comprehensive list of key workers - who are still allowed to send their children to school if necessary - was produced by the Government last week.

It includes those working in health and social care, teaching, frontline services and charities, civil servants, journalists, food production and sale, security, transport and the utilities.