It’s time for a re-think about the whole development. Ask anyone who has experienced the recent traffic chaos with only one lane of Carlton Road closed and they will agree that this is a taste of things to come.

Traffic has backed up daily on Gateford Road and Sandy Lane.

There couldn’t be a worse possible site in Worksop, with its close proximity to the railway crossing.

Hasn’t anyone from the council noticed the traffic queues right down to Victoria Square when the crossing is down... and what about emergency vehicles getting to the hospital?

At a time when the council is demanding that rate payers recycle more, it is allowing Tesco to abandon one site after another, Newgate Street, the town centre and now Gateford Road.

How about insisting that they adopt a more environmentally friendly approach and re-use their existing site?

If the council give into this then there really is no hope for us in Bassetlaw. We have one of the highest Council Taxes in the country, and yet we still need to dirty deals with developers to provide facilities that we are entitled to.

Oh, and to the ‘trolley dolly’ who wrote in a previous article that people wouldn’t be able to stay away from the new Tesco.

Don’t fool yourself, an increasing number of people are growing tired of the ‘you can’t live without us’ approach to these huge chains. So no, you certainly won’t see me shopping there!

MRS J. WOOD

Gateford Meadows, Worksop.