As an Oceanbeach Rd resident I have been quietly stewing over the last couple of months wondering why on earth the council decided to remove dozens of carparks from a 500m stretch from just east of the Omanu shops in favour of four pedestrian crossings that nobody uses.

I could understand one or maybe even two of these, but four along such a short section of road is ridiculous.

Now there are so few carparks available on the road that people driving to the beach can no longer park near beach accesses to use them. There is no flow of people walking through to this end of Oceanbeach Rd from other streets because there are no accesses, the Mount Golf Course blocks the way.

There was no detailed consultation with the residents regarding what was going to happen and all the ones I have spoken to are as bewildered as I am as to why they have done this.

Not only is it difficult for us to get in and out of our driveways but It is now considerably more dangerous riding a bike through these narrow corridors as cars weave in and out trying to avoid the concrete chicanes

I'm afraid it's just another example of a waste of our money to try and fix a perceived problem that didn't exist.

David Watts, Oceanbeach Road