Two pictures taken this morning (Saturday 11:45am) that illustrate the traffic problems that we face already in the area around the proposed Tesco in St Albans.The first shows Alma Road totally blocked with traffic. The second shows the end of a queue of cars over 600m long in London Road from Lattimore Road beyond Orient Close.
You can see the streets on Streetmap here - the brown building marked 'Works' in the centre of the map is the proposed Tesco site.
An extra 500 cars per hour going to Tesco (more on Saturday?) plus lots of delivery lorries will gridlock the area even more - and all Tesco can suggest is putting in a 'right turn lane' on London Road!
2 comments:
How can you be satisfied with the current state of this area of St Albans? Decrepit buildings, disused cinema... It reminds me of a slum.
Isn't it time to breath some air into the area by bringing some businesses?
We totally agree - the problem is that the area has been brought to this state by Tesco - they've been sitting on the land for years and have completely failed to maintain buildings they own. On the open market, local businesses and property developers would have transformed the area.
One of Tesco's biggest arguments is 'the area is so bad, you might as well take our development'. We disagree.
Thanks for your comment.
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