ONCE again we have a pathetic letter from one of our councillors regarding the Southern Link Road (SC2 to become part of western bypass, Letters, August 6).

I could go into the obvious reasons why it is the wrong route and a waste of taxpayers’ money by talking about a bat bridge – a 20ft high bridge over Grafton Lane and a 30ft high bridge over the railway, all of which scar the countryside forever.

I could suggest that SC2 will enable the council to proceed with their plan to develop 1,250 houses around Grafton Lane without much opposition but that is only a peripheral objection.

If Cllr Price was to actually listen to the opinions of the majority of the people of Hereford he would find that we want an Eastern bypass, so for him to say that the Lugg Meadows are protected by statute and we cannot build there under current legislation funks the issue.

Cllr Price, we don’t care about a few newts on the meadows. Do your job properly, get the legislation rescinded and get started on an Eastern bypass.

CLIVE HARRIS Haywood Lane Hereford