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Watford Junction - Shops could be bulldozed for new road
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. |
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