'Tesco's Parking Contempt'

Interesting article from the Camden New Journal. Apparently our favourite blue and red supermarket is factoring the cost of parking tickets into its operations - thus allowing lorries to park at will. This is how the Journal puts it..

' Supermarket giants Tesco have been accused by Camden Council of showing contempt for parking rules after it emerged that its delivery trucks get ticketed at least once a day.

'The multinational firm is said to have factored in the possibility of parking penalties to its daily delivery operations in Hampstead, Belsize Park and Kentish Town and swiftly pays any fines that it incurs.

'The policy – nicknamed locally as ‘The Park Where You Like System’ – has meant Camden’s fines have become largely toothless and parking chiefs are stumped over how to deal with Tesco and the growing mailbag of complaints at the Town Hall centring on the noise, disruption and traffic congestion caused by its delivery lorries'.

As we've pointed out repeatedly, traffic is a massive issue for Tesco to address in St Albans - and the company hasn't come up with any detail yet as to how they could avoid gridlock in London Road and the surrounding areas.