Southborough Tesco battle invective

It is reported on the Facebook page Say No to Tesco in Southborough  that a councillor (unnamed and not revealed if  he/she is on Southborough Town Council or Tunbridge Wells Borough Council) believes there will not be an increase in traffic should a new Tesco supermarket be opened as people will walk to it several times a week to get their shopping.

I doubt if the councillor is correct as far as the roads leading to the proposed Tesco are concerned.  However in one sense he/she is correct.  People using their car to shop at a supermarket now may divert to Southborough so, no increase in total traffic, merely change of destination.

However the roads through Southborough are heavily congested and a new Tesco can only add to the problem.

What I find dispiriting are the posts claiming that the councillor is corrupt or potentially corrupt. Not a shred of evidence to support the assertion: not fair comment and probably defamatory.  No wonder there is a refusal to name the councillor.  It is a smear and I lose empathy with  organisations which resort to such tactics.