Heading through Lichfield at the weekend, I noticed the bulldozers are making swift work of the Tesco store.
What you can’t see though is what the future holds for the site.
Yes, there’ll be a lovely new superstore, but the need for improvements around the area is huge.
Even on a quiet day without the store and only Aldi and the Tesco petrol station remaining, traffic was snarled up. Add to that the volume of interest there will be in the new superstore and you may well need to book a week off work to drive into Lichfield from Trent Valley come Autumn.
The signs near Tesco indicate junction improvements are taking place, but with a churchyard on one side and Aldi on the other, it’s hard to see where any realistic and useful changes can be made.
There’s no doubting that the city will welcome a large new superstore, but if you can’t get into it because of traffic then what will the real benefits be?
