IT IS hardly surprising that the two options for the Lyndhurst bypass have been turned down. As the area is a National Park now the reason for a by-pass has ever evaporated.

There is more a need for a park and the use of alternative routes such as A338 rather than the use of direct route to Lyndhurst, in the peak times of the summer.

Perhaps those who are putting forward suggestions can think of that in what they put forward. Will we look at the future or the past for the answers? I'll leave that to responses.

MIKE ROBERTS, Labour Member - Heronwood (Rushmoor)