Coleman Wrote:
I really don't see the issue with a petrol station at sainsburys, Realistically it'll have virtually no effect on the traffic and will give us supermarket priced petrol.
I think there is a touch of complaining for the sake of it here.
Coleman Wrote:
I really don't see the issue with a petrol station at sainsburys, Realistically it'll have virtually no effect on the traffic and will give us supermarket priced petrol.
I think there is a touch of complaining for the sake of it here.
Coleman Wrote:
Do you really think it'll make any noticeable difference to the traffic on the A6? Really?
If the filter lane in to Sainsburys is already too small, then it's still going to be too small, the A6 at peak times already crawls so add say 1% (probably much less) to the volume of traffic and it'll do the same. I fail to see where there will be any difference.
Now yeah, if the filter lane was coping ok and the A6 was coping with traffic at present then sure there would be an argument that adding a petrol station could cause problems, but we already have the problems without a petrol station. I say lets at lease get some competitively priced petrol.
Coleman Wrote:
I live just off the A6 so the traffic very much does affect me.
The point i am making is that the amount of traffic a petrol station will add to the A6 is so tiny it'll make no difference, especially since the A6 is already almost permanently gridlocked.
Realistically how many cars would it add, and for obvious reason you have to count out those people who are only nipping in whilst they are already there shopping in sainsburys. I would be surprised if it ended up being much more than 30-40 cars an hour. if that is the case then it would be almost nothing in comparison to the traffic that already travels the A6.
If the road wasn't so busy then maybe a few extra cars would be an issue, and i'm sure the planners would consider that before granting any planning approval.
So since i believe there is no negative points worth considering, i would say that yes added competition locally would be a great thing for consumers, i.e. everyone!
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