Re ‘Pedallers push for cycleway' (page 8, The Weekend Sun, March 16). Are you serious? To have a 2.5m cycleway around the base of the Mount you may as well get rid of the road! What is happening to our beloved Mount Maunganui; a town that is now so congested you have to think twice about visiting in the summer. Finding a carpark is what dreams are made of, let alone finding a park for your body on the sand!

The road along the Mall and around the Mount is two lanes currently, howbeit narrow. There is now a beautiful walkway which cost mega thousands. So to all the bikers out there, why not get off your bike and take a leisurely stroll around the Mount base and take in the scenery instead of trying to force everyone else to think the way you do and make more congestion. Let us all enjoy.

As for those of you who choose not to wear helmets (page 19, The Weekend Sun, March 16), think about the loved ones who have their world turned upside down when they have to look after you when you have a serious head injury, and to all the taxpayers that pay for it with ACC. Think about that cost ahead of your selfishness.

R White, Tauranga (Abridged).