Tony Polson gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

However, the proposal could see seven separate landowners forced to sell
up to make way for the new road. The affected land is currently occupied
by Homebase, T K Maxx and Staples, among others.

It is a bit emotive for the reporter to say "shops will be bulldozed" as
these are low rent retail sheds that could easily be relocated to other
equally or more suitable sites in the borough. We are certainly not
talking about prime retail space here, or even secondary retail!

Hmm. If the perceived quality of the retail space is a factor, then
there's a significant portion of Watford outside of the Harlequin Centre
which should consider itself at high risk...

That's a reasonably decent sized stretch of large "shed"-style retail.
It's not going to be easy to find a similar area of land to repurpose to
a similar retail park. Removal of those stores won't exactly be a great
loss to the denizens of Watford - there's a TKMaxx in St Albans or
Hatfield, there's a Homebase and Staples at Apsley, or alternatives
within the big Bushey retail park, but they're all a drive away from
North Watford.

As for Park-and-Ride to London, you seem to forget Luton.