THERE is a fair-sized children's play park with swings, roundabouts and picnic tables adjacent to the new Bookers development on Huntington Road. Sadly, this park is now overgrown with weeds, and has been locked up for at least three years because of vandalism.

The council complains that it gets a poor deal from developers (June 16) - was this park a present from the developers of the adjacent housing estate? Should it be re-opened for the benefit of the children on the new Bookers development?

If it is to remain closed, then the money which it cost could have been better spent on charities or animal welfare.

Mrs N Smith,

Willow Glade,

New Lane,

Huntington,

York.

Updated: 11:41 Wednesday, July 02, 2003