"Developers plan to build only 146 spaces for the 140-home development and officials suggested that the Tesco car park, which neighbours the planned flats, would act as an “overflow car park”, along with a council car park on the other side of Mall Avenue.
However, this idea was criticised by Mr Currie, who said that people were notorious for not wanting to walk any distances to their homes and would simply park on Inveresk Road and create more congestion."
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