IT might take more than filling in Comberton Hill and other uninviting subways to restore human beings to their rightful ground-level place and promote a congenial human scale about Kidderminster.

Town centre redevelopment has resulted in low-quality, Americanised carscapes, not redeemed by the character of green public open space.

Kidderminster has more able-bodied car parking spaces than ever before, yet still the dissatisfied bay for more.

Consultants search for further flood-inducing, self-defeating, traffic-gene- rating tarmac eyesores - including a suggestion to erect a deck above Bromsgrove Street. Do amenity societies have views on such unsightliness?

How does able-bodied preference to go by car differ from a decision to guzzle that scarcest of resources - public space? Surely a liveable community only evolves where people-friendly modes of transport take precedence to encourage greater human footfall?

Forward-looking Local Plan policies enshrine bus priority initiatives. How vigorously is Wyre Forest District Council advancing these community-wide beneficial measures?

G ANGELL

Franchise Street

Kidderminster