Re: ‘When do footpaths become restaurants?' (The Weekend Sun, March 6).

The easy solution would be to close the road through the town to traffic. The sidewalk cafés actually make the town. You can't close the restaurants, but you could make the town more for the people.

Isn't that what it's supposed to be? Is it healthy to have exhaust fumes near food?

Try some ‘no traffic' days on Saturdays and Sundays for a start, and watch Mount Maunganui become the best little town centre in the world.

Harry Bold, Papamoa.