Managing Construction Impacts

Managing Construction Impacts

As with the Club’s previous infrastructure developments across the Etihad Campus, most notably City Football Academy and the expansion of the Etihad Stadium’s South Stand, managing construction impacts on our local community and minimising disruption is our priority.

Our proposals would represent a major construction project that would take up to three years to complete, offering 2,600 jobs prioritised for people from Greater Manchester. The project would represent over £300m investment in East Manchester.

Subject to the Club submitting a planning application and receiving approval, it is anticipated that a main construction contract would be awarded in September 2023.

The construction period would be carefully planned around the football season to minimise the potential for disruption as a result.

As such, it is anticipated that main construction works would likely commence on-site in November 2023 so the North Stand itself would be complete and open for the beginning of the 2025/26 football season i.e. August 2025.

The hotel, workspace and public realm works, including City Square, would subsequently complete by mid-late 2026.

Temporary fan zones would be in operation on matchday until the Club’s expanded and covered City Square was opened.

During the construction period, access to the stadium, other Etihad Campus facilities and the Metrolink would all be maintained.

A Construction Management Plan (CMP) would be prepared, for agreement with Manchester City Council.  As part of this plan, we would carefully plan construction sequencing to ensure that safe access into and out of the stadium is maintained.

How will the potential construction impacts on local residents be managed?

The CMP would consider and seek to mitigate the potential impacts arising from construction, including working hours, noise and vibration, air quality and dust, construction traffic and highways, and access arrangements around the Etihad Campus and stadium.

Generally, it is expected that construction activity will be carried out in accordance with Manchester’s standard construction site hours, which are 07:30 to 18:00hr during the week and 08:00 to 14:00hr on Saturdays.

Construction partners would also be required to create a range of training and apprenticeship programmes for residents in the local community through a legally binding Local Employment Proposal.