5 January (Part 2) - ASDA Belvedere
A month ago I pondered the idea of answering some of the more interesting search
questions that bring people to this blog.
I
mentioned a few on 7th December. Today I’ll answer another that is asked several
times each week. “When is Belvedere ADSA due to open?”
Maybe not an answer as such because I don’t know but this photo taken yesterday may
give a clue. Had the original plan been approved the store was planned to open
in 2012 so clearly it is expected that the building stage won’t take long but
presumably that will require more than just the two men seen below.
The plan included revision of the access roads at the developer’s expense and
this work is close to completion. The central reservation has been extended to
further discourage U-turns. I had expected something rather more imaginative. If
traffic should queue from the East (right) expect chaos at the roundabout
(situated immediately behind the parked cars on the far right).
The planning documents reveal that at peak times the Picardy Road/Lower Road
junction will be close to capacity.
Click for report on the planning approval.
I think I shall boycott ASDA. I pre-ordered a DVD box set from them two months
ago. They took my money immediately which no reputable supplier does. Then a
couple of weeks ago they unilaterally cancelled the order saying their supplier
couldn’t supply it. Not surprising, the disc isn’t yet released. Then I
discovered that ASDA doesn’t allow email communication in contravention of all
the good practice recommendations for on line retailers and their phone staff
are incapable of doing anything but reading from a script. They had no concept
of what pre-ordering a DVD meant. Never again will ASDA get any money from me.