I was fascinated to read the letter from Howard Flight MP (Letters, July 16) claiming the chosen route for the Arundel bypass specifically avoids the National Park.
Given that the bypass route was originally decided upon ten years ago, yet the South Downs National Park boundary was only placed on deposit this year, I find his claim somewhat incredible.
It appears Mr Flight is privy to some special insight we lesser mortals do not possess. For the team drawing up the bypass route in 1993 to know where to avoid the National Park in 2003 must have required some real visionary skills.
Another explanation is that the idea to create a South Downs National Park was a Conservative Government idea in the early Nineties and the boundaries had already been chosen.
The truth is the only way the proposed bypass route eventually avoided the National Park was by removing land from the National Park. But perhaps the planners in 1993 knew that would happen?
-Chris Todd, Brighton
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