THEY want to leave Coppergate alone. York has been ruined by all this building of flats and offices, bringing more traffic, and now more shops.

This is a small historic city, not New York. We have enough congestion already.

More shops, flats and offices will generate more goods vans, more cars - we'll all be walking round with smog masks. Is this what they mean about the new future? I think it's a load of codswallop.

Mrs R Topham,

Dale Street, York.

Updated: 11:52 Wednesday, October 01, 2003