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Asda faces opposition over plan for extended deliveries
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Asda's bosses say early morning and late night deliveries could be organised to avoid creating extra noise. Chris Tindall reports.
SUPERMARKET GIANTAsda says plans to increase delivery times at one of its stores will ease congestion at peak times. Delivery times at the Biggleswade store would be extended 1017 hours a day so its shelves can be kept stocked with goods. Asda has asked Mid Beds District Council to allow deliveries from Oam with a two-hour extension at the end of the day to 1 Ipm, Monday to Saturday.
Asda property communications manager Tom McGarry says that if the store gets the go-ahead it won't be increasing its10 LGV deliveries a day; delivery patterns will simply become more flexible.
"If we can have the extra two hours in the evening it will take traffic off the roads at peak times," he says. "For the 6am delivery we have devised a solution of delivering to the front of the store, away from residential areas" So far the council has received 21 responses to the application-19 of them opposing the plan.
Biggleswade Mayor Peter Vickers says: "The town council did object to the revised hours, probably because it felt the extra hours could have a disruptive element from a resident's point of view.That will have to be assessed by the environmental health officers" He does not think congestion will be eased if the supermarket gets the go-ahead and adds that no-one has complained to him about the current noise levels.
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