| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Reply | |
| Posted by: | Raymond Havelock | |
| Date/Time: | 25/01/20 09:08:00 |
| A proper supermarket is vital to this town but no-one in administration seems to grasp that core principle. Promises of " a new supermarket' are not good enough. What kind of supermarket? A Costcutter? Sainsbury? Tesco Metro? Tesco, when they move to Gillete Corner, will be an insane place to head to, it will be more compact and the traffic congestion with a hugely reduced parking capacity at a major road junction will be nothing short of catastrophic. Nor will it have a fuel station which is it's single biggest USP. As for deliveries, increase it any more and we have blocked streets and traffic delays adding to pollution. And we have stopped that, fed up with below par produce, thawed items and stuff with short use by dates. Walking to Morrisons instead foe all but the big shop is perfect. Even if I do prefer Sainsburys! Given this may end up the only full range supermarket which is up a hill from Brentford which will roll out all but the fittest of us cyclists, the necessity to shop by a vehicle is increased so there will end up being queues to park which in turn will jam up the main roads. The beauty of Morrisons is that it has an adequate car park but carries a good full range of provisions. Something that Aldi. Lidl and Costcutters along with the Metro style shops do not. Metro/Local chains are massively more expensive, Some items are more than double the main store price more akin to motorway service station prices. Are local people that affluent? You can walk to it, it's the easiest most level area locally so cycleable, is easy to get to from 6 bus routes and it is in the much heralded centre of this centreless town. An improved Morrisons with parking and a smaller lower level development would be ideal, that will only happen if Morrisons own the site. But the fault really lies with the kind of greed driven developers and the deals they strike in secret with authorities in places like Cannes. Where only sycophantic controlled media have access and over time is putting in sucking council officers and elected members into their 'dreams' At the very least local lay people with no connections ought to be taken to these 'events' and allowed to monitor all that goes on. |