Sir – I was very sad to hear that Tesco are going ahead with their plans for a store in Marston. Not only will it threaten the viability of local shops including the post office but will seriously put the safety of local residents at risk.

Delivery lorries and traffic from Tesco will share the same public footpath as pedestrians outside the shop; other pedestrians will be crossing the busy Marston Road from a new car park especially built for Tesco, but without the provision of a proper traffic lighted crossing.

All this will take place on an already busy and dangerous junction of the Marston and Old Marston Roads. Both the county and city council have totally failed the residents whose interests they are meant to be representing.

They have not consulted or listened to the concerns of local residents and have bent over backwards to support Tesco to deliver this totally misconceived scheme. There will inevitably be serious accidents at the site and the county and city councils will have blood on their hands.

Alan Foulkes, Oxford