WHY, when we suddenly become awash with money, do we waste it on some elaborate design, if I may mention Newtons Cove?

Now we have Newstead Road after all this time, its still at the design stage, at a cost so far of £151,000. Unbelievable.

If we continue to design stuff of artistic nature it will cost us dearly, let’s face it, a bridge is a bridge.

The third proposed bridge at Ferrybridge, which would complete the Rodwell Trail to Portland, at this rate of progress the 2012 Olympics will be history by the time it’s built.

Edward McBride, Stonehill Court, Weymouth