Thirty per cent of Straylands Grove residents are against the bollard, and I am one of them.
The council's consultation exercise is flawed and biased. It ignores lots of important stake-holders.
The bollard is not "intelligent"; it is unnecessary, expensive and will break.
It is not a "technological fix" and will not lead to efficient use of our road system.
It will turn a simple 100-yard journey to Heworth Cricket Club or (for my visitors) to my front door into a one-mile diversion down Malton Road which is already congested.
By all means let's use 20mph limits and play-streets more, but there's no need to make drivers take long journeys where short ones will do.
Finally, I must object to the use of the word 'rat-run'. We are people, not rats.
It really is most offensive language. The council and media should use honest debate, not name-calling.
John Bibby,
Straylands Grove,
York.
Updated: 10:49 Friday, December 03, 2004
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