SIR - What idiot in council highways allows roads to be resurfaced by tar and gritting? We must be the only country in the world that does this.

The outcome is a road that is just as bad, or worse, tar all over cars, stone-chipped paintwork and windscreens. It also makes it impossible for cyclists to use the road for weeks.

Having resurfaced Highfield Road to such a high standard and then to do Wrose Road with tar and grit shows the incompetence that prevails in BMDC.

And they want us to believe they can build lakes, canals and marinas when a simple resurface is beyond their mindset.

Andrew Bairsto, Ravenscliffe Avenue, Bradford