THE new bridge installed at Holmsley, including the works to the roads immediately around it, has cost millions. No figures have been released to my knowledge but £25million is on the cards.

1. Why would you make a new road the same width as the 60-year-old road you are replacing?

2. Why would you not create a cycle lane on the new road?

3. Why would you not Tarmac 300 yards of road to meet the cattle grid? The result of which will mean the old road and Tarmac will need doing again. More road closures. More traffic chaos. More negative impact on local businesses.

4. Why would you not make a new, straight road over the bridge?

Who is in charge?

M3 upgrading of central reservation. Can someone get in charge of this?

Eight miles of cones and hours of delays. People are having to deal with this day-in and day-out, just trying to get to and from work. Not to mention holiday makers trying to make their way to the New Forest and beyond.

I drove through a few days ago and witnessed 10 workmen present. Three were on their phones. Three were stood talking. Four were sitting in their stationary diggers.

All this in eight miles of cones and total gridlock. It would appear these are the same contractors who took over three years to complete the work on the M27, causing total agony for motorists over that time.

Has there ever been a vehicle crash through the central reservation in the past 30 years? The existing barrier is made of steel, with serious foundations. It does not need replacing.

Has anyone told the Highways Agency that the strongest structures in the world are made from reinforced steel and reinforced concrete? The structure is used the world over because it works! So why not mould concrete around the cracked barrier? This is 10 times cheaper and 10 times quicker. The work could be done in months and not prolonged until September 2023.

Can someone please address this? It seems that in this day and age, no one wants to take responsibility.

What is the estimate of this work? Why can the work not be carried out on a 24-hour shift basis? Three eight-hour shifts, like other countries in the world. For example, the San Francisco earthquake, when over 100 miles of motorway was up and running within six months.

The A31 at Ringwood is another total embarrassment. One-and-a-half miles of dual carriageway still nowhere finished over a year on.

It is time the highway contractors and authorities were put into shape.

SAMMY MILLER MBE

Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum & Trust, Bashley Cross Road, New Milton