A press release tells us that the Turks Head roundabout is being improved with DCC money because of the imminent arrival of the Premier Inn on the motel site and a 100 dwelling housing area further away.
Oh come on – motel, hotel just means traffic stays similar and industrial site traffic will be replaced by domestic traffic. But add the new EDDC headquarters on the Heathpark site and then traffic problems at the roundabout really kick off.
But this way, the whole county of Devon pays for the road improvement rather than the cost having to be incorporated into the relocation costs for EDDC.
Well, that’s good for the council tax payers of East Devon but it isn’t good news for other Devon taxpayers.
We wonder what Section 106 payments would have been expected for the Turks Head roundabout if a major supermarket HAD decided to use the site and if EDDC will offer similar inducements?
East Devon Watch 