Residents endure misery near new supermarket (From Southend Standard)
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Residents endure parking misery near new supermarket
12:00pm Tuesday 16th October 2012 in News By Emma Thomas
Residents endure misery near new supermarket
RESIDENTS living near a busy supermarket say drivers’ inconsiderate parking is making their lives a misery.
Shoppers using the Tesco Express store in London Road, Rayleigh, are stopping on double yellow lines and clogging up surrounding roads including nearby Vernon Avenue.
Motorists are also bumping up grass verges and parking across driveways - causing a nuisance for people living nearby.
Paula Steadman, who has lived in Vernon Avenue for the past 30 years, said the problem needed sorting soon. S
he said: “Every Sunday afternoon is ruined for us residents because of the inconsiderate and illegal parking of Tesco customers.
“They will do anything to park as close to the store as they can and don't care if they park on the double yellow lines, on the drop down kerb area thereby obstructing the pavement, grass verges and over residents' driveways as they are ‘only popping to the cashpoint’.
“It is making our lives a misery.”
The Tesco opened in February this year, replacing an empty former off-licence.
An Essex County Council spokesperson said they were aware of the problem.
He said: “Essex Highways is working with the Local Highways Panel to investigate the potential installation of bollards across the footway at the junction of Vernon Avenue to prevent parking on the footway and associated damage from vehicles.”
Comments(36)
grantd
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12:33pm Tue 16 Oct 12
Major Incident
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12:51pm Tue 16 Oct 12
Knowing how popular and busy convenience stores get a child could have worked out that the parking arrangements would be totally inadequate.
rjsizzler
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12:59pm Tue 16 Oct 12
I don't know if there's a legal limit to the number of parking spaces Tesco could provide because they certainly haven't used the forecourt space to it's full potential. Why, for example is that area behind the lady in the photo bollarded? When it was the off licence you could drive through there.
Rochford Rob
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1:18pm Tue 16 Oct 12
Should never been allowed to open imho - after all there's a prefectly good parade of shops almost opposite (or was)
Nebs
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1:19pm Tue 16 Oct 12
aduksquack
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1:21pm Tue 16 Oct 12
Heathy69 wrote:So what if they do? The complaint is that people are parking illegally and dangerously. They're not complaining about Tesco being there.
I bet they all shop there lol
Councils should go zero tolerance on all driving offences and make the fine for a first offence £1000. That'd cure illegal parking.
Olivia2847
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1:23pm Tue 16 Oct 12
bongking
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1:27pm Tue 16 Oct 12
xxxdave
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1:35pm Tue 16 Oct 12
rochfordfa
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1:53pm Tue 16 Oct 12
Eric Whim
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2:03pm Tue 16 Oct 12
Olivia2847 wrote:every little helps....
What does Tesco have to say?
Speedysnail
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2:14pm Tue 16 Oct 12
rjsizzler
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2:18pm Tue 16 Oct 12
Rochford Rob wrote:With it's position on London Road, you get lots of people stopping by on the way into/out of Rayleigh and surrounding areas.
The very day after it was opened the newly turfed verge was churned up like a WW1 battlefield. It's owned by a huge corporation who don't really caer except about their profits and staffed by people who are probably on minimum wage with no concern about the neighbourhood. Their 'clientelle' probably leave a lot to be desired too - anyone unable to walk 25 yards to a shop for '20 Bensons and The Sun innit' Should never been allowed to open imho - after all there's a prefectly good parade of shops almost opposite (or was)
I suspect the problem is the opposite - that the 'clientelle' isn't all local.
Audioman
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2:22pm Tue 16 Oct 12
Olivia2847
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2:26pm Tue 16 Oct 12
MitchLive
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2:56pm Tue 16 Oct 12
No wonder one of the houses two up is for sale. Few weeks ago when I left for work at 6.30am I saw a huge lorry attempting to reverse into to car park and it took ages. It was making such a noise and so early! I had to cross at the lights as it was parking right across the pavement. Even by the time I got the parade of shops I could still hear it shunting backwards and forwards!
PB - Rayleigh
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3:06pm Tue 16 Oct 12
Speedysnail wrote:The reason there is no illegal parking and only 1 resident (me) in the photo is that it was taken at 8:30 on Friday morning - not peak time for offenders of 4:30pm on Sunday - and I had very short notice to get together a group of residents. I can, however, assure Speedysnail that there are several disgruntled residents in Vernon Avenue and the nearby London Road area, I am just one of the three official representatives. In the ten minutes it took to take this photo, I witnessed four vehicles REVERSE out of the car park entrance/exit onto London Road, manoeuvres that not only hold up the rush hour traffic but are extremely dangerous. This site is an accident waiting to happen. I can also confirm that I have NEVER stepped inside the store to make a purchase - I may look lonely but I'm not a hypocrite.
Bet all the whingers use the store though. Residents.....there is only 1 in the picture. Bet the others were in Tesco and missed the photo? I cannot see any illegal parking in the picture. Only a few tyre prints from the delivery lorry on the verge. What a joke of a story.
rjsizzler
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3:36pm Tue 16 Oct 12
People reverse out because you can't drive through the car park any more. Don't know why the bollards are blocking it.
I bet that house for sale next door has taken a hit on its value.
APR
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4:00pm Tue 16 Oct 12
Steve H
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4:04pm Tue 16 Oct 12
Speedysnail wrote:Are you retarded? Can you not read?
Bet all the whingers use the store though. Residents.....there is only 1 in the picture. Bet the others were in Tesco and missed the photo? I cannot see any illegal parking in the picture. Only a few tyre prints from the delivery lorry on the verge. What a joke of a story.
The issue isn't Tesco being there, it is the inconsiderate parking of those that use the store that is the problem.
GentleGiant
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5:12pm Tue 16 Oct 12
Also call the council on every vehicle, as council land is being damaged, even if it just the pavement.
Both the council and police will soon get fed up with the calls and take action.
reptile
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5:37pm Tue 16 Oct 12
v.randy
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6:57pm Tue 16 Oct 12
If you can't stand a few cars briefly blocking your view of the estuary then................
...GET OUT!
Seasider90
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7:28pm Tue 16 Oct 12
JennynneJ
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8:46pm Tue 16 Oct 12
xxxdave wrote:So what town do actually live in Dave?
install some land mines along the verges, that should stop this illegal parking.
Your writing rubbish in all these online papers
What a idiot!
Harwich and Manningtree Standard,
Echo News,
Essex County Standard,
Basildon Recorder,
Colchester Gazette,
Clacton, Frinton & Walton Gazette,
Harwich & Manningtree Gazette,
Braintree, Witham, Halsted and Maldon Gazette,
East London and West Essex Guardian,
This is Local London,
Brent Wood Weekly News,
Southend Standard,
Maldon and Burnham Standard,
Thurrock Gazette.
Jane D
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10:24pm Tue 16 Oct 12
cazr2010
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9:00am Wed 17 Oct 12
smiffy22
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1:25pm Wed 17 Oct 12
cazr2010 wrote:I agree. It's completely the wrong place fro the shop, given the lack of space and nature of the road. Definitely a brown envelope or two slipped into back pockets somewhere along the line!
This supermarket should never have been allowed here. money obviously passed hands to allow it to happen.
Regards,
Smiffy22
PB - Rayleigh
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4:10pm Wed 17 Oct 12
v.randy wrote:What planet are you on? Do you even know where Vernon Avenue is???? It is certainly nowhere near an estuary! We also haven't got flash houses, big 4x4 and if you could see my bank balance, you would hardly call me rich!!! Get real please
Flash houses,big 4x4's..the rich just aint ever happy.
If you can't stand a few cars briefly blocking your view of the estuary then................
...GET OUT!
lillie1967
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4:56pm Wed 17 Oct 12
Tesco are laughing all the way to the bank especially now that there will be 100 more houses on the old Eon site that were allowed to be built for a few backhanders to the Councillors...there was a lot of oppositition but again money talks...so this issue will only get worse unless the parking spaces at tesco are taken away...the infrastructure in this part of rayleigh cannot cope...
Nebs
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11:36pm Wed 17 Oct 12
Olivia2847
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9:20pm Thu 18 Oct 12
Nebs wrote:But they are doing that already ......
How about the local residents filling up the parking spaces one sunday, then filming all the illegal parking and send it to the council, police, youtube, and maybe even tesco head office.
beppo1
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10:21pm Thu 18 Oct 12
Seasider90
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4:57pm Fri 19 Oct 12
r.balchin
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12:36pm Thu 29 Nov 12
Heathy69 says...
12:14pm Tue 16 Oct 12