Dear Editor - Re: Lay-by in Stratford Road, Bromsgrove.

As the transport manager for a large haulage company who regularly delivers in Bromsgrove, I feel it is a necessity that the above lay-by is kept open.

The two main reasons being that firstly, HGV drivers have somewhere safe to take their breaks and obtain a hot meal, and secondly, that it keeps the congestion of large lorries out of the town centre.

There is nowhere else within a reasonable distance where articulated lorries can park safely.

Mick Manton,

transport manager,

Fellows Transport,

Newton Road,

Bromsgrove.