Mr Bryden refers to my comments on George Street as being "unkind" (Opinion, February 25).

If saying what is true and needs to be said is unkind, then so be it.

He has not replied to my comments about getting priorities right. Brighton and Hove City Council tells us it is short of money to run essential services, yet so much is being squandered here on overkill.

The exact amount needed to subsidise evening and Sunday buses is £4,500, which would avoid the need to cut services at off-peak times.

As regards ramps for wheelchairs, these were already in place. The new, level surfaces will make it easy for irresponsible cyclists and car drivers to take over the extra space.

It could turn out this new pedestrianisation will mean no pedestrian is safe to walk down George Street.

-Mrs M Gelman, Hove