Scunthorpe shopping: Parking is 'ridiculous'

ARE parking problems and queues of traffic making your shopping trips to Scunthorpe a nightmare?

For one contributor to the Scunthorpe Telegraph's Viewpoint column, the situation is 'ridiculous'.

Read their letter and then have your say on the matter.

I AM writing to you with comments about your retail park in Scunthorpe.

The shops and staff are fabulous; I enjoy my trips to the area.

The retail park is two minutes away from my home.

I enjoy looking around the garden centre and frequenting the clothes shops and food establishments.

My qualm is the car parking situation in front of B&Q, Toys R Us, TK Maxx and Next.

If I park in Tesco car park it can be difficult to leave, but okay.

If I park in the afore said car park I find approximately six lines of traffic trying to join the main exit.

I was very lucky on Saturday; it took me only 20 minutes to get out of the car park. The week before on the Sunday, 30 minutes!

On a football day I may as well get my sleeping bag out.

It’s ridiculous having one exit for the sheer volume of traffic.

Emergency services, such as an ambulance, would have a job getting out of the car park; let us hope there is never an emergency down there.

I understand that there are peak times, but it’s easier to park in Tesco or across, near the food outlets. It is so frustrating.

The temporary traffic lights do nothing but stop the traffic leaving even when the roundabout from Tesco is clear.

Bev Kafarski

Newland Avenue

Scunthorpe

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