Clogging Up Streets While Building Happens

One negative aspect of the Tesco development we've not really highlighted to date is the building stage. Unlike a staggered housing development, a superstore will have to be built all at once. This story in the York Press shows what can happen when building is happening, and, as the paper reports,

'A quiet residential street in York has been turned into a "car park for vans", due to work on a new Tesco store in the city.'

One local reader also pointed out that it wasn't possible to ask Tesco for help, as,

"There are posters up urging people to contact Tesco 24 hours a day on the number below if you have a problem. However, there is no phone number printed - just a blank space".

Let's hope this isn't what, say, Inkerman Road looks like in the future.

(Photograph is web-linked from the York Press site)