While I have every sympathy with the students over the flooding of the underpass (Gazette, November 7), most of them won’t use it anyway, which is why the 50mph speed limit was brought in for Clingoe Hill.

Now, with the building of the university’s Knowledge Gateway, we are to have pedestrian-operated traffic lights halfway down the hill, so traffic can be as disrupted as it is at the Tesco roundabout.

Why can’t they walk down to the major roundabout and cross there, where traffic is slowed right down? I know the council, in its wisdom, removed the footpath, but I fail to understand why everyone using the A133, a main route from Wivenhoe, Alresford, Brightlingsea and St Osyth, among others, has to be inconvenienced for the students.

While we’re at it, the university should let Tesco know who has taken its trolleys so they can be charged with theft, which is what it is.

Again, the general public is to suffer for the actions of a few irresponsible students.

J B Evans
Wivenhoe

...The disappearing trolleys are causing problems for residents, shoppers and Tesco. It is not unusual to see the roads around Tesco littered by trolleys which are causing annoyance to local residents.

It is an issue I have raised with the manager of Tesco in the past and I have another meeting scheduled for next week, together with our street warden and representatives from the university.

Hopefully, a solution can be found as I am also annoyed when there are no small trolleys available to use. I think the proposal to have coin-operated trolleys would solve the problem and save a lot of time and money.

Hopefully we can get this sorted once and for all.

Julie Young
County councillor
Wivenhoe St Andrew Division
Mascot Square
Colchester