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These new developments are not served by any amenities and are within walking distance only of each other. Gettting to the nearest grocery store requires crossing an overpass over a major highway.
There's more. In 2005 a hotly debated big box development was approved on former agricultural land just a few blocks out of town. The typical development sports miles of parking around the only completed store- the Home Depot which sits in an asphalt oasis surrounded by fields as the rest of the development is delayed.
Why the mixed messages? Why encourage car dependence with higher density which only serves to compound traffic problems in an already busy town centre. How can a (Surrey) council show progressive vision at one sight and then display an utter lack of foresight just miles down the road?
It seems that only time will tell if this growing community can absorb an influx of commercial options in a splintered arrangement that suggests that none of the multiple major commercial nodes will ever truly flourish.
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