AM I the only person who finds the unexpected early re-opening of the bridge and the start of the Cheltenham Festival next week to be more than mere coincidence?

This is in many ways a further insult to the residents and businesses in Evesham as it appears the needs of the transient visitors to the festival come before those of the people who have had to live through this debacle.

There needs to be an open and full explanation from those councillors who have overseen this shambles, principal of these being John Smith, as to how something so apparently straightforward can be so mishandled.

It should be anticipated that those responsible for this will have some sense of duty and either step down from their elected office or have the decency not to put themselves forward for re-election into roles that require competency as a basic requirement. Evesham deserves better than what it currently has.

Karl Marshall

Evesham