Peter Poole has hit the nail on the head (Letters, April 18) when he suggests that what is required in this city is the political will to address what the taxpayers want rather than the apparent desire of successive councils to do what the developers want.

We can, I suppose, be thankful that the then-council did not try to borrow a vast sum to prop up the awful King Alfred rebuild but now we are faced with an equally daft scheme with not a credit crunch in sight to save us!

The i360 will blight the seafront just as surely as Frank Gehry’s towers and it seems that the people who run this city are hellbent on ruining one of our greatest assets – the sea and seascape.

Why is it that other towns in our area can achieve perfectly acceptable capital projects without apparently breaking the bank or spoiling the environment?

Pauline Robertson, Cromwell Road, Hove

Can we please have the running costs of the proposed i360 observation tower published?

More interestingly, how much will it cost to run in the low season and how much do we lose if it is uneconomical to run during gales and bad weather?

Borrowing so much money for this project in the name of the Brighton and Hove people surely demands their consent, as the benefits to residents are questionable.

I have lived here for 27 years and, in all that time, a new sports centre has been greatly needed and even promised at one point.

It seems to me that to ignore this is a sign of pure arrogance.

The Greens, to my eyes, are proving to be a great disappointment.

It would take great and wise men and women to retract, reconsider and give the people such a requirement. This would enhance the Greens’ failing reputations.

E Brunt, Cromwell Road, Hove