Your report (April 2) about the proposal filed by St John’s College to build a nursery in Bainton Road, North Oxford, uses the phrase ‘traffic concerns heard’.

The impression given is the plans acknowledge residents concerns.

Not so in fact: there are two blind corners at either end of the proposed site where accidents already happen on slippery days.

The report also ignores the fact that St John’s traffic survey omits cyclists when calculating movements.

If two-wheeled movements are included the numbers more than double to more than 70 in the 8am to 9am period, excluding prams and children on foot en route to school.

With these concerns unanswered and the proposal also introducing a commercial development into a wholly residential scene, there is much to ponder about this scheme.

EWEN CAMERON WATT
Bainton Road, Oxford