I totally agree with Maurice O Reilly's letter ‘Not being heard' (The Weekend Sun, July 16, page 25).

My recent oral submission to two commissioners - Anne Tolley and Bill Wasley - at Greerton Library was dismissed out of hand.

I had proposed an off-ramp at 17th Avenue West off Takitimu Drive (Route K) for traffic going from town towards Greerton and the hospital, but was told there was one already planned in five years for 15th Avenue instead. Currently there is only one at 11th Avenue.

17th Avenue is a much better proposition than 15th Avenue, which is too close to 11th Avenue and does not make a significant distance difference for Greerton and Tauranga Hospital traffic. 17th Avenue does.

17th Avenue West (Historic Village) is a dead end but very close to Takitimu Drive, and a connecting off-ramp for town to Greerton traffic could be done quickly and at very little cost.

But more significantly, Tauranga Hospital is on 17th Avenue - a vital destination for all Tauranga residents.

But the two commissioners (and planners) had already made up their minds prior to the public consultation process.

Hylton Rhodes, Tauranga.