Friday 3 April 2009

Local parents group suggests using Tesco site for a school - can you help?

We're in the middle of a very quiet phase of Stop Tesco activity. Since its application was rejected last year, Tesco has not come forward with any more ideas for using the former Eversheds site, although we are continuing to press them and St Albans District Council to act on the London Road houses.

However, many people did say during the campaign that a primary school would be an excellent use for the site, given the lack of them in the centre of the city. We thought that many of you might be interested in supporting SABLE - a local parents group that is lobbying hard on the primary schools issue and has a similar vision for the Tesco site. The group is currently raising awareness, looking for members and has started a petition aimed at Herts County Council.

You can find more about the group in this article in the Herts Advertiser. If you support the group you can sign up to their online petition here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ha, and you think a supermarket would cause traffic congestion!

STOP TESCO said...

The reason why a school is needed is because so many parents live in central St Albans. Many do not have cars or would opt to walk with their children to school. A school of a maximum of 180 students and 10 teachers might generate 200 car movements per day Monday-Friday.

A supermarket could easily generate twice as many in each hour Monday - Saturday.