Frustration as Tesco fences off public footpath

Frustration as Tesco fences off public footpath

7:00pm Friday 1st February 2013 in News By Damian Fantato, covering Summertown, Jericho and North Oxford. Call me on 01865 425429

TESCO is facing a backlash after it fenced off a public footpath and a piece of green space at a controversial site in Marston.

The company has been planning since 2008 to turn the old Friar pub at the corner of Marston Road and Old Marston Road into a supermarket despite local opposition.

With work yet to begin Tesco has erected a fence around the site because of concerns about its state of repair.

But the fence has sparked uproar as residents claim it is blocking off a public footpath and much-loved green space.

Crotch Crescent resident Eric Perkins, 54, accused Tesco of using bully boy tactics.

He said: This fence has blocked off the footpath in front of the old pub and also the area of grass and trees in front of that.

In Marston we are very passionate about our green space and our trees because it gives a feeling of open space to the area.

There was no public notice about this fence. Someone just turned up and started to erect it, blocking off a public right of way.

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