BECAUSE the university development is so extensive, its real impact on the east side of the city cannot be properly envisaged.

Any thoughts on the traffic build up cannot have been considered at all seriously.

Nearby roads are already working at full capacity because of increased traffic flow to and from the city, in spite of the nearby Park and Ride. Am I to believe planners would consider bringing more traffic off Grimston Bar roundabout along Hull Road and down Field Lane to access the university extension, when these roads are already so congested?

Any proposed development of the university must have access directly off the A64 ring road into the proposed extension area. Access could be a roundabout, as at the A19 junction, or a tunnel as at Copmanthorpe.

I remember Heslington as a delightful example of an estate village on the outskirts of the city, where residents once lived "the quiet life".

Back then I was envious and would have liked to occupy one of the properties on Heslington's Main Street. Now, I feel sorry for any residents left on the ever-busier street. But who knows, perhaps all the residences are occupied by university staff these days?

When first established in the mid-Sixties, the university was very anxious to "maintain a presence in the city", so why can't alternative sites be explored more fully, perhaps Terry's factory site?

Wendy Pycock,

Brentwood Crescent,

Badger Hill, York.

Updated: 11:14 Saturday, April 09, 2005