The plans put forward by Brighton and Hove Albion for the park-and-ride scheme to be placed at the top of Carden Avenue on match days say traffic will be diverted along Crowhurst Road (March 10).

This will make it impossible to access Asda and allied businesses and access and exit from the A27 at the Hollingbury roundabout would become impossible.

Given that arrivals for matches start long before the kick-off and getting fans away from matches can take hours, this would be virtually a whole day in which access to the motorway would be impossible at this point.

Already on match days, access to Hove and parts of Brighton are difficult because roads through Withdean are closed. Additionally, Mill Hill is shut to traffic and used for match car parking.

Because of this, the only route available for residents in Patcham and Hollingbury wanting to get into town or to Hove is by the A27 at Hollingbury and up to the Dyke Road roundabout.

Although this is already congested on match days, at least it does form an escape route and, if properly timed, is not too bad.

If the park-and-ride scheme were to be implemented, however, the only route out would be through Hollingbury and into Ditchling Road (access into London Road from Carden Avenue on match days is already extremely difficult).

This would involve entering the main part of the city at the busiest times of day and it would be necessary to access London Road to get to Seven Dials and into Hove.

It is an unbelievably stupid idea since the whole purpose of using the bypass is to keep the traffic out of town.

The Traffic Regulation order is soon to be advertised so objections can be considered by Brighton and Hove City Council.

I urge all residents to oppose this as strongly as possible.

Once in place - and given the length of time finding a new home for the Albion is taking - not only would access to the roundabout and A27 become difficult but local areas could also be subject to overflow parking.

-Mrs E Young, Ladies Mile Road, Patcham