In his article about the restoration of the seafront bandstand (The Argus, Sept 5), Adam Trimingham mentioned that concerts had to stop because of traffic noise.

In the same paper was a feature on hotels while over the past couple of weeks there have been articles and letters about the ongoing conflict between cyclists and pedestrians on the promenade.

They all point to the need to implement effective traffic calming measures on seafront.

At present, the city is separated from the beach by a torrent of traffic.

The cyclist/pedestrian conflict is inevitable as there is not enough space for both on the upper promenade.

Drastic measures are needed. The whole of the westbound carriageway should become the cycleway, while the eastbound carriageway would be for access only.

Although this summer's roadworks caused horrendous congestion, there are plenty of alternative east-west routes which can take the seafront traffic and, if the closure was permanent, things would settle down after the first few weeks, especially if proper direction signs were put up.

One of the attractions of such a scheme is that it could be implemented in stages, starting between the Palace Pier roundabout and West Street.

Ultimately, it might extend from Sackville Road to the Marina.

-Henry Law, Brighton