The appearance of Matthew Lock, East Sussex County Council’s cabinet member for transport, in the Friday Inquisition when he was quizzed online by Argus readers, has not provided any relief for the beleaguered residents along the coast who need to use the A259.

Apparently, all will be well once the scheme is “bedded in” and we have been encouraged, or rather, coerced, to use other means of transport instead of cars.

By this I understand that the bedding-in process means eventually drivers will just have to get used to traffic jams where none existed before and it’s all our fault for needing a car to get to and from work from the back of Saltdean or Peacehaven where no buses run.

From one of the questions put to him, it appears traffic planners were well aware of the eastbound congestion between Roedean and Rottingdean that would be caused by this scheme but chose not to demonstrate it at the consultation sessions.

In which case, to go ahead with a scheme in the full knowledge of the traffic congestion to be caused is utterly shameful. The statistic that 57% of people approved the bus lane is disingenuous as the question posed was obviously misleading. Would anyone have approved if had the full computer model showing the congestion at Rottingdean been available?

Obviously, the excessive carbon emissions caused by stationary vehicles are a small price to pay while spending £1.8 million of taxpayers’ money for increasing the profits of the privately owned bus company.

The most disappointing information is that as Mr Lock is an East Sussex county councillor representing St Helens and Silverhill, in Hastings, not only does he not suffer the congestion, no one in the affected area can vote against him in an election.

Peter Usher, Bishopstone Drive, Saltdean