Another MP Opposes Another Tesco

The Macclesfield Express reports that MP Sir Nicholas Winterton is opposing a new Tesco in the village of Poynton. It also reports that over 500 local people recently demonstrated against Tesco's plans!

Sir Nicholas's problems are eerily similar to ours in St Albans. He told the paper,

"Another Tesco store will undoubtedly have a huge impact on the local community and, in particular, on the small retail sector.

"Whilst Tesco’s corporate affairs manager for the North West assures me that Tesco will help bring both jobs and customers back to Poynton, this will surely be at the expense of local independent retailers.

"Secondly, the village is unable to cope with the increased traffic pressure that a Tesco supermarket with 110 parking spaces would cause. Poynton already suffers greatly during rush hour with congestion.

"Finally, a new Tesco development would mean the destruction of the old cinema building and its replacement with a construction which is far less pleasing to the eye and deprive Poynton of its filling station.

"That will mean that drivers will have to go to Hazel Grove to fuel their vehicles."