TESCO - new site in Accrington. - Page 8

Miaowzinzara · 11-10-2010, 04:16

Deffo traffic lights... would have been awful if they had put a roundabout at the burnley one!!

Neil · 11-10-2010, 09:39

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Originally Posted by heth

Its going to be murder with a roundabout, they should have put traffic lights there at least every-one has a fair chance of getting somewhere!! Good pic's tho!

I hope the roundabout works ok. At least you wont get stopped all the time when Tesco is quiet. Then again a lot of people have no idea what to do when they get to a roundabout

heth · 11-10-2010, 19:00

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Originally Posted by Neil

I hope the roundabout works ok. At least you wont get stopped all the time when Tesco is quiet. Then again a lot of people have no idea what to do when they get to a roundabout

Thats what I mean Neil, the amount of times you see people at the roundabout thinking do I go or dont I coz their is somebody to my right??

Does me head in sometimes after sitting there for 5 mins!!!!

Gremlin · 11-10-2010, 19:13

I went past the new store yesterday (Sunday) and the roundabout was operational. It was a bit confusing at first because there were lines and cones every where. Coming back I was ready for it but was very wary of a taxi coming from my left and I could see he wasn't going to stop. It will be OK when it is finished.

DaveinGermany · 11-10-2010, 19:16

It's even better at the Ferry ports when we come home !

I'm off & away Johnny Foreigner is just sat there tooling about.

shillelagh · 02-11-2010, 17:53

ah well the jobs have been cut .. even before its opened ... from 450 .. down to 191

Fewer jobs on offer at Accrington's new Tesco store (From Lancashire Telegraph)

DaveinGermany · 02-11-2010, 18:37

So who sold their soul & for what ? If 450 jobs were supposedly available it's to do with the size of the outlet, the size hasn't changed but the amount of positions have ? How does that work ?

Cynical I know but perhaps it was just mutterings & words to ease the way & there was no real intention for 450 places from the off ? Just my take on it.

garinda · 02-11-2010, 18:40

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

ah well the jobs have been cut .. even before its opened ... from 450 .. down to 191

Fewer jobs on offer at Accrington's new Tesco store (From Lancashire Telegraph)

I though the guranteed creation of so many jobs, and the million pound bung, whoops donation to council coffers, was part of the reason the planning application was passed?

cashman · 02-11-2010, 18:41

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Originally Posted by garinda

I though the guranteed creation of so many jobs, and the million pound bung, whoops donation to council coffers, was part of the reason the planning application was passed?

yeh mean P.B.s been conned? never.

Tealeaf · 02-11-2010, 18:57

I know that several councilors who post on here have raved about how good the legal team on HBC are; I would assume therefore, that in the process of granting planning permission for Tesco, caveats would have been made pertaining to local job creation on the retail site. If those caveats were not made - given the position regarding the market - then the legal team now needs sacking; if they were made, then Tesco should not now be allowed to open.

garinda · 02-11-2010, 19:06

One would have hoped there was some legally binding agreement, if the number of jobs created. was part of the planning application.

garinda · 02-11-2010, 19:11

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

I know that several councilors who post on here have raved about how good the legal team on HBC are; I would assume therefore, that in the process of granting planning permission for Tesco, caveats would have been made pertaining to local job creation on the retail site. If those caveats were not made - given the position regarding the market - then the legal team now needs sacking; if they were made, then Tesco should not now be allowed to open.

Sorry, posted before I read your own thoughts, and I quite agree with you (for once).