General Discussion

So...like I keep saying.....Supermarkets attract cars. Heaven help the Shutterton area - especially on a Saturday in high season.

Yes I appreciate that cars get used. My point is that Supermarkets attract more cars to be used in one particular area - the supermarket and its immediate environment.

"How do all these people get to supermarkets in other towns BY CAR." (see Realist posting above) Glad to see you acknowledge that supermarkets DO attract cars Realist.

I am addressing the impact of the supermarket in terms of cars not whether or not Dawlish needs a supermarket! Whether or not Dawlish needs a supermarket has been debated umpteen times both here and elsewhere. The FACT remains that a supermarket sited at Shutterton Bridge (indeed a supermarket sited anywhere) attracts cars.! Surely that cannot be a matter of dispute? Add then a planned petrol ...

I don't understand what you mean by "why?". Why will a supermarket (wherever located) bring extra cars to wherever it is sited? I would have thought that was obvious. Why will a supermarket sited at Shutterton Bridge plus (possibly) 2 x new housing estates in extremely close proximity bring extra cars? I would have thought that was obvious. Why will such extra cars (and don't forget delivery ...

Yes, agreed it would be out of town. So? There will still be a lot more traffic in the Shutterton area than at present. And like I said previously - such traffic will bring with it chaos and increase the likelihood of RTAs.

Yes I know it's the 21st century. And in the 21st century it is anticipated that the carbon fuels will run out. What then your supermarket and cars? And with regard to the more immediate future.....you haven't addressed the issue I have raised about the increase in traffic in the Shutterton area.

So....more traffic then? Dawlish people still travelling to Exeter and Newton to shop plus some now switching to Shutterton. Plus other people, outside of Dawlish, now travelling to Sainsbury's at Shutterton to shop instead of Exeter or Newton. Like I said, more cars in the Shutterton area. And that's not to mention the increase in cars if the 2 x housing applications get the go ahead. Oh and ...

Whilst I agree totally that lots of people in Dawlish travel to Exeter or Newton to do their main shop the point still remains that if many of these people then switch to shopping to Sainsbury's at Shutterton, the number of cars will increase in that particular area of town. That will be added to if the go ahead is given to the 2 x housing developments being mooted in the Secmaton Lane area. The ...