Post in London Road Tesco Proposal

Apr 07 08:56 UTC

Yes, this is depressing, but has a ring of inevitability about it.
I suppose what is needed is a scheme to revamp the small independent shops
around there .

There is a scheme to redevelop the open market, which is apparently still in
gestation, after a couple of years - this will have its pros and cons no
doubt but whacking a big Tesco's next to it will probably not help attract
people to any new market development. Then again, it might...

The square outside the jubilee library sums up the modern approach, doesn't
it - calthough the library itself is nice, and the square, they are boxed in
by cold, sterile buildings which seem to have to be there to bring in PFI
revenue. I suppose councils these days simply don;t like to allocate large
sums to public building projects without a private sector payback, and can
argue that it saves public funds for other social uses. But the result is a
missed opportunity - a larger square outside the library, without that hotel
and the pizza express, could have been a real community space for markets
and other activities. Instead it feels like a shopping mall. No doubt that
is the way London Road will head, asnd the old pier, etc etc.