WHAT a wonderful relief to be able to stroll around the town to browse and shop among other relaxed and unthreatened shoppers and sightseers now that half of George Street has become a peaceful shopping precinct. The need to provide a pedestrian precinct

WHAT a wonderful relief to be able to stroll around the town to browse and shop among other relaxed and unthreatened shoppers and sightseers now that half of George Street has become a peaceful shopping precinct.

The need to provide a pedestrian precinct and a bypass to take the lorries out of the town centre must surely have arrived. Let's hope someone has the mettle to grasp the nettle and do something about it.

Alan Ambrose, Farmadine Grove, Saffron Walden