Store backing for campaign
WAITROSE has declared its support for the Chronicle's campaign to ban unnecessary lorries from Sevenoaks High Street.
After its announcement last week that none of the supermarket's own vehicles or contractors will use the road, the company has gone one step further in challenging the public to catch out its vehicles.
Sarah Ching, customer service support manager, said: "I have been asked to assure you that we have done all we can internally to inform our drivers that the Upper High Street is to be regarded as off-limits.
"If, however, one of our vehicles should be observed taking that route, we will be able to follow the matter up if the registration number and time and date of the incident can be provided."
She added there would be "virtually no impact" to the firm if it did not use the Upper High Street, because even drivers needing to go to Tonbridge or Paddock Wood could join the A21 at Chevening.
See this week's Chronicle for the full story.
4 Comments
by Bill, Sevenoaks
Tuesday, December 08 2009, 6:00PM
“Has Tesco signed up yet?”
by Alan Bullion, Sevenoaks
Friday, December 04 2009, 9:18AM
“One of the sound suggestions discussed at the excellent public meeting to ban HGVs from the Upper High Street was to reduce vehicle speeds to 20 miles per hour in Sevenoaks.The use of 20 mph speed limit zones was intended to address the serious problem of child pedestrian accidents occurring in and around residential a...reas, and so was initially limited to these areas. Subsequent research has shown that the risk of a child being involved in an accident has reduced by about two-thirds where 20 mph zones have been installed. They can help to protect children walking and cycling to and from school, and may encourage other children to walk or cycle. As a local school governor, I would support such a move. 20 mph zones are no longer confined to residential areas. There are now a number of town centre zones. Lib Dem run councils such as Islington and Portsmouth have recently introduced a 20mph speed limit on residential roads to cut accidents, congestion and pollution.”
by Resident, Sevenoaks
Tuesday, December 01 2009, 5:55PM
“Good for Waitrose. What about Tesco? If any shops don't support it, boycott them. Simple.”
by David Jackson, Sevenoaks
Tuesday, December 01 2009, 4:50PM
“Why don't we go even further and stop all delivery vehicles, as they do in continental Europe, from being in the town after 10am.
This morning there was a jam in every direction. One parked in the upper High Street, others in both London road and the High Street itself. In fact, there were so many delivery vehicles in the High Street that they had to park almost opposite each other allowing only one line of traffic through!”