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Everton's plans for a new stadium at Bramley-Moore dock are progressing nicely after the second stage of public consultation has come to an end.

The Blues once again took to the streets of Liverpool with a roadshow marking the next step of the consultation process starting in July and coming to an close towards the end of August.

People from across the city were encouraged to share their thoughts on the potential waterfront new ground and legacy project at Goodison Park, in person and online.

And the public turned out in their thousands in what was a fantastic and encouraging response to both proposals ahead of planning applications being submitted before the end of the year.

Over 2,000 non-Everton supporters are known to have taken part the first stage of consultation, which drew over 20,000 people and is recognised as the largest commercial public consultation the city has ever seen with a lot of Liverpool fans and even those who don't like football also sharing their thoughts.

So, where does this leave us on a number of key stadium issues?

When will the consultation results be out?

Not for a little while yet - although an exact date hasn't been decided upon just yet.

As we all know by now, the results of both stages of public consultation are crucial and will be used to submit a detailed planning application on Bramley-Moore before the end of 2019, with an outline application for Goodison going in at the same time.

With there being so many numbers to crunch with the latest set of results, it's likely they won't be made public for a further few weeks from the time of writing.

But their release could spark a bit of action...

When will a contractor be chosen?

This is likely to be fairly soon - although it's unlikely to be before the results of the second consultation stage are announced.

The club are still exploring a number of options in this sense, but it's certainly expected that a final decision will be made on a contractor before formal planning application is submitted at the end of the year.

That should mean after the results of the second stage of public consultation are made public in a few weeks' time, a choice over who will build the new waterfront stadium will not be far behind.

Specifics over which contractors have been short-listed by the club haven't been revealed, but Everton are undertaking due diligence to ensure whoever is chosen fits in with the club ethos and requirements for the job.

But that is another big step towards a near stadium which is edging closer.

Who will be funding the stadium?

The decision over this is a little bit further away than that of the contractor, but there is a reason why.

In order to have their formal planning application accepted on the new stadium, Everton do not yet need to make clear the exact funding model surrounding the potential build.

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So the club are taking their time and assessing a number of options, both domestically and abroad, to make sure the right decision is made.

A model from Liverpool City Council is still said to be on the table, but the club is also exploring options from the private sector too.

When will construction start?

The hope is that construction on Everton's proposed Bramley-Moore dock stadium will be underway soon into 2020.

First of all, planning application will need to be accepted for the proposals on a new waterfront ground before anything can get underway on the site.

If all goes well, then that could potentially go through towards the start of next year.

Once planning is confirmed, Everton will look to start work on the site as soon as possible - with the build-time for the project currently anticipated to be three years.

From then on, it'll just be the countdown to the doors of the new ground being open...