I FEEL that I have to respond to John Mathieson about the traffic in Poole Park; his fourth reason in particular.

A few years ago I was in the Friends of Poole Park group and the subject of traffic using the park as a ‘rat run’, meaning that vehicles were only using the park road as a bypass, plus going too fast, arose.

This was refuted by some committee members until Poole council employed a bona fide consultant, who in turn produced a very comprehensive survey showing the complaints were well-founded.

I do have a copy of their findings as, no doubt, Poole council still has.

So if Mr Mathieson would like to get in touch with them, he would then see for himself – incidentally, he almost admits in reason five of his letter about the traffic volumes in Parkstone Road, using the park road to ease the traffic flow.

I used to drive through the park when it was 8mph, which, believe me, was very difficult to keep to as any other driver at that time will tell you.

JOHN COLE

St Margaret’s Road, Poole

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