British supermarket chain Morrisons has been prevented from opening a new £30 million supermarket in Dundee by a court order due to the incompletion of new road safety measures.
In a surprise move, an interim interdict has been granted against Morrisons, with the national transport agency Transport Scotland – the National transport agency responsible for the country’s trunk roads – stating the grocery retailer had breached an agreement not to open until traffic signals were installed.
A spokesman for Transport Scotland explained: “We have a legal agreement with Morrisons, signed on 17 August, that they would not open the new store until the mitigating signalled junction they are introducing on the road is completed.”
“We learned the company was planning to open the store today in clear breach of the agreement. We contacted the company to remind them of this agreement but they did not respond to our letter.”
“We had no other course of action left open to us but to seek an interdict to prevent the store opening until the works are completed.”
The new store had been due to welcome its first customers today at 9.30am, with around 300 full time and part time workers already recruited for the store .
Morrisons has apologised to shoppers and said plans are underway to open the store as soon as possible, although no indication as been given as to when that date might be.
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