Your Say

We live in Leeds and have taken one week’s holiday at Scarborough for the past 11 years (with our children who are now grown up).

So sorry to read of the death of Bryan Lawrence (Skip), he was such a nice guy.

It’s great to see that North Yorkshire County Council has sensibly chosen to consult with residents over the park and ride provision.

Given the parlous state of the council’s finances, why has a £30,000 steel replica of a coble fishing boat been commissioned?

I read with interest (Your Views, February 14) on the possible closure of Scarborough Park and Ride.

With the ever popular increase with online shopping, there is no wonder that shops are closing down.

The Post Office going into WH Smith in my mind is not practical, it’s too small so will get really busy and don’t forget wheelchairs and people with frames etc.

Further to the recent furore over the proposed redevelopment of the Futurist site, it may be worthwhile taking a moment or two and look at more than half a century of constructive development in Scarborough.

Over the past two weeks you have published the political and public views of the Flamingo Land Coast development.

Senior officers and councillors at Scarborough Town Hall must have seen, like the majority of Scarborough residents and our visitors, that the Park and Ride operation, which many of us have passed for years on our daily struggle to and from work along Seamer Road, is, in every respect, a complete and utter failure.

I am a retired Yorkshireman living in Suffolk and occasionally put the Look North local news on in the evening after the main news.

With reference to your recent article on the future of the park and ride in Scarborough by Carl Gavaghan (January 24).

When Alpamare waterpark opened in July 2016, after several delays, it was promoted by the developer, Benchmark Leisure, and Scarborough Council as the town’s ‘Premier Visitor Attraction’.

With regards to the column in The Scarborough News (January 10) with regard to bus service Scarborough to Whitby by Arriva X93.

It was distressing, and somewhat upsetting, to read in The Scarborough News (January 10) about the council’s and the contractor’s failure to inform the residents whose homes overlook the Futurist Theatre demolition site, that sheet piling was going to be used to stabilise the cliff.

May I take this opportunity to say thank you to all those who attended the recent Festive Spectacular charity carol concert.

The 2018 Christmas period has passed rapidly and I would like to take the opportunity to thank the many individuals and organisations who contributed to making Scarborough festive, providing a much needed boost to the town and its traders.

Regarding Cllr Bill Chatt’s diatribe under the heading: ‘Austerity is over - for who?’ (Scarborough News, December 20).

The traffic concerns caused by the changed layout at the county bridge junction two years ago are still as problematic as ever.