I read with interest the replies from Matthew Lock to questions raised during the Friday Inquisition (theargus.co.uk, August 15).

At 12.35 on August 15, Councillor Lock stated: “In the consultation that took place at Rottingdean and Telscombe cliffs, 1,100 attended of which 57 per cent of the people were in favour of this scheme. Based on this support and looking at the officers’ recommendations, I made the decision to work with Brighton and Hove on bringing this scheme forward.”

At 11.30 on August 28, Councillor Lock stated: “The feasibility design plans shown at the exhibition did reflect the original concept of widening the road where necessary to incorporate the bus priority measures and included a separate footway and cycle route on the south side of the road.

“Once the scheme advanced into the preliminary design stage, the cost of road widening and the difficulties of intruding into the site of special scientific interest on the south side of the road became apparent.

It was then that the decision was made to accommodate the scheme within the existing highway boundary.

The revised lane widths that have been introduced conform to the required standards and are sufficient to accommodate both HGVs and buses.”

This is simply “car boot” politics.

The salesman shows a laptop, you hand over your money and on getting home and unpacking the goods you find a box of potatoes.

In this case Councillor Lock spends public money on an exhibition that shows one scheme that is impossible to deliver and which fools the residents, and once approval is gained builds a substandard non-functional substitute.

Peter Derek Brown, Downland Avenue, Peacehaven