I WOULD like to endorse the views put forward in the letter from Joe Fisher (October 13).

We are perpetually exhorted not to pollute the atmosphere, to conserve fuel, use our cars less etc etc. So some clever person/persons decided to make us go all through the town and along Waterside to get to Port Street, adding to pollution, extra petrol and congestion etc instead of using the natural outlet and shorter route, down Swan Lane and over the Workman bridge. What crass nonsense.

The bypass would not lesser the distance to Port Street, either. If I remember rightly, the plebs were allowed to protest (which many of us did) but as is usual, local opinions fell on deaf ears.

I have seen more near accidents at the cross-roads (Swan Lane, High Street, Avon Street) than I ever saw before the change-over.

However, being only one of the plebs no doubt this letter will be of no consequence either. What excuses/reasons will now be offered, I wonder? Yes, I agree you could for once admit you were wrong.

ELIZABETH BOND, Cambria Road, Evesham.