In reply to the Phoenix Park development blow-out (The Weekend Sun, September 28) I would like to remind Mounties that the previous Phoenix Park car park change of ownership, fairly engineered by council, released a green development sum of $4.2 million.

As Steve Morris proudly reported in one of his columns, the Mount received a generous $1.2 million from that sum to develop Phoenix Park into a relaxing and interactive public outdoor area. The remaining $3 million vanished into the council coffers. So, shouldn't the park development overrun be paid from those remaining monies rather than by the ratepayers?

What monies that are left after the development is finished should be used in the Mount as intended, or Papamoa which has great potential, but needs attention to its green environmental beautification and more comprehensive children's playgrounds.

D Wilson, Mount Maunganui.