COUNCILLOR Sean Woodward’s assurances that discussions on the realignment, he means closure, of Andover Road will not delay the Barton Farm development will not bring comfort to the vast majority of the public who recognise the lunacy of diverting thousands of vehicles every day from a through road into the heart of a housing estate.

Will the councillor and HCC highways officers accept the responsibility for the chaos that this will undoubtedly cause?

ROY SMITH, Eastleigh.