DAVID DRURY, of Ford Valley, Dartmouth, writes:

My thanks to councillor Mervyn Stone for his hard work fighting for the concerns of the people of Dartmouth/Kingswear reference parking restrictions proposed by DCC.

Councillor Stone read my concerns and contacted me. He also showed me letters and the meetings held. His meetings are still ongoing.

I would also thank other groups fighting the same cause.

Reading the article in the paper, November 1, regarding 'parking victory'. DCC have only scraped just over a half of the proposals. That still leaves just under a half we don't know about. The battle is only half won.

DCC are holding an exhibition on November 28, between noon until 8pm. Most residents start work at 8am-5pm that only leaves three hours for a lot of residents to get home, get changed, have a meal and get to the Guildhall, to voice their views.

We don't need an exhibition, we want a public meeting.

The exhibition will only show us the yellow lines we don't want. More yellow lines, less parking, where is the sense in that, when we are trying to improve parking and create more spaces, when winter restrictions are over.

Two things we don't want – more yellow lines, parking meters. Which if we don't watch for could slip in under the radar.

Simple solution – keep traffic out of the town. Build a big multi-storey car park at the Park and Ride. End of problem. By doing this, residents could park, business would be healthy. Why should we pay to live here with parking restrictions., possible parking meters, which would cost residents a fortune.

Wages in our area are low and in these times of hardship any more burden on people's budgets with cost won't help.

Why should we who live in Dartmouth have to pay for others who don't live here?