More Coverage and More Anti-Tesco Letters

The Herts Advertiser covers our weekend petition gathering today here and prints the photo on the left of more people in Stop Tesco T-shirts (thanks Mike, Liz and Jane)! As well as reporting the success of our campaign, the article also points out a number of alternative uses for the Eversheds site that have been suggested by blog readers - if you have a diferent idea, please use the link on the right to let us know.

Further on in the paper there's a letter from James Craigen - he writes,

"...I was relieved when the road works on St Peter's Street and Chequer Street were completed. Imagine my dismay, though, when I realised that Holywell Hill, St Peter's Street and many other roads were still horrendously congested...

"The nightmare scenario now is if Tesco is given permission to build its supermarket on London Road and we have even more traffic to contend with".

As Cllr Chris White told the political meeting a couple of weeks ago, traffic is a major concern for the County Council, but this may not be a good enough reason in itself to refuse planning permission. We therefore urge anyone who will be affected by the increased traffic on the main roads and the side roads that will become 'rat runs' to make their objection clear by signing our petition, writing to Tesco or contacting their elected representatives.

Thanks also to Anna L Horton and Bill Harper for mentioning their opposition to Tescos in other letters about retailers in the City.