With regard to the new Royal Sussex County Hospital facilities being built at a cost of £440 million (The Argus, May 2), to spend this sort of money on this old hospital is crazy. While all the work is going on patients would be transfered to other hospitals.

Given that it has been under public consultation, the ideal site is in Stanmer Park. There is plenty of room to build a new hospital from scratch. It would cost less than trying to pull one part down at a time and rebuild it. And traffic problems in Kemp Town would be a lot worse.

Having a hospital in Stanmer Park would mean easy access along the A27 from all parts of Brighton, Shoreham and Newhaven, with easier parking.

People realised this when they built the University of Sussex. This was good for traffic and just outside of Brighton.

I am a retired builder. In the late 1950s, I worked at all the hospitals in Brighton and Hove carrying out building work.

The RSCH was the worst place to work in terms of getting building materials in and out, with all the patients around. At the time we said it was a bad place to have hospital. Now, 60years on, there must be about 500% more cars and people.

B Parker, Magham Down, Hailsham

I read with interest the news of a consultation for Stanmer Park regarding car and bus movement through this village.

If the road through the park was opened up for buses and presumably cars from the A27 via the village up to Ditchling Road, it would soon become a rat run for all drivers looking for a short cut to avoid traffic delays at the top and bottom of Coldean Lane. This would result in total carnage in the village.

The only logical approach would be to have a manned gates situation to stop unwanted travellers, students and football followers from taking advantage of the currently used, uncontrolled situation. Free passes should be issued to residents and legitimate visitors to the park.

One very large centralised car park constructed adjacent to the South Lodges with assisted travel arrangements for those who need it, working in conjunction with a number of smaller car parks doted throughout the village, would make more sense.

Think about the situation at Telscombe Village: one sensibly placed gate and a few cattle grids has stopped the village being used as a short cut to Peacehaven and has, as a result, maintained the tranquility of the village.

Consider the method used by National Trust – if it works well for them, it must be worth considering for Stanmer.

BE Payne, Malines Avenue, Peacehaven