Sir, – In response to Margaret Tiplady’s comments on the lights at Leeming, she claims that complaints should have been made in the planning stage. She seems not to have seen the plans herself as they did clearly show a by-pass that exited at Blowhouses.

She claims that the traffic flow from the A1 is the problem. It isn’t, it is the disruption of flow on the A684.

Also, I used the road (prelights installation) three times a week each way and never saw plastic bumpers on the road or being retrieved and how does she know that alleged accidents were not reported to the police?

The people of Leeming village have no lights and have to make a dash for it as no-one seems to want to let them out while Simply Dutch has its own set of lights. What clown thought that one up?

She continues about children in Leeming having to cross the road, but what was wrong with the pelican crossing provided?

Motorists have had to wait 20 minutes or more at certain times of the day not five as she has said.

If as she claims these lights are only temporary then where will the A1 exit? I can feel it in my bones that we are going to be stuck with these lights for the next 20 years.

A JONES Bedale.