Air ambulances to land on Shrewsbury football field for three years during hospital's £312m 'Future Fit' revamp
Air ambulance helicopters will be landing on a football field for the next three years while major construction work takes place at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.
The hospital will be undergoing a major revamp as part of the £312 million "Future Fit" project.
Aircraft will not be able to land at the site during construction, so permission has been granted for air ambulance helicopters to land at the Boiler House recreation ground in Bicton Heath - six minutes' drive from the main entrance on Mytton Oak Road.
The move will mean Saha Football Club - which has hundreds of players from age five up to veterans - may have to relocate its home games, otherwise risk matches being abandoned if a major emergency occurs while a fixture is in play.
Shrewsbury Town Council clerk Helen Ball has granted permission on the basis that it is the nearest large enough open space to accommodate a helicopter while giving quickest access to the hospital.
