I note from his letter that Cllr Nick Adams-King was pleased with the events that took place in Romsey last year. 

However, I was very disappointed to read just a few days earlier that he is the lead councillor in the redevelopment plans for the town centre.

The vision for Romsey recognises the need to address the climate emergency but then proposes to add more car parking by demolishing the Crosfield Hall - surely a conflict of purpose.

A comprehensive local bus network using electric buses serving all the new and existing residential areas that was both frequent and cheap would reduce the need for car parking and seriously reduce CO2 emissions from cars. Perhaps a park and ride could be built by the Rapids.

The demolition of the well-loved Crosfield Hall building with a new one by the Rapids would cost at least £5m and provide no advantage for the people of Romsey. Such expenditure is entirely unnecessary.

Idris Curtis, 
Grange Road, 
Netley Abbey 

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