Even if a large supermarket was required and would be beneficial for Driffield, just about everyone would tell you the site is positively the last place it should be sited.
In Driffield we have:
Tesco, who are enlarging their store; Lidl, soon after they opened the Co-op closed; Aldi, are to build on site of old post office; Iceland; Wilkinson, Boyes and Yorkshire Traders; smaller markets: Spar, Costcutter, Select & S
ave and another whose name eludes me; shops, many that sell what supermarkets sell and often with some prices cheaper, including: four bakers and cake shops, two (or is it three) butchers shops, two greengrocers.
Lorries in Driffield: I have lived in many towns in six different countries and Driffield is one of the most difficult places in which to navigate a car, never mind a lorry.
One of the reasons is because on several of the larger roads it is permitted to park on either side of the road.
This means that a driver has to constantly keep stopping to allow on-coming traffic to pass.
Perhaps up to six times over just 300 yards - St John's Road being just one example.
So, if a supermarket was built in the cattle market area the congestion/chaos for cars alone would increase - imagine the chaos when lorries are factored in!! Many hold-ups would be inevitable.
It is impossible to understand how anyone who is involved in the decision making relating to the cattle market could support such a proposal.
Such a monumental mistake would be confounded by the fact that a large supermarket is simply neither needed nor wanted.
Even if the population of Driffield and surrounding area rose in the next five years-or-so by a couple of thousand, further retail space for food would still not be required. Obviously, any jobs created would be offset by inevitable job losses.
I understand polls to date show the majority of people do not want another large supermarket, so it appears some supporters of the scheme are similar to many in Brussels - they do not understand that NO means NO.
Motives: So people are asking the question 'why would anyone support a supermarket in its attempt to open up in the cattle market?'
Many people think they know why - I do not, but one has to wonder are they correct?
Cattle market: There are different ways this area could be developed for the residents of Driffield, including perhaps a two, three or even four-storey car park.
Roger A Hill, of Bethell Walk, Driffield
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