The closure of parts of the A684 for weekday daytimes for nearly three weeks (The Yorkshire Post, June 19) at the height of the tourist season is truly outrageous.

Not only will it damage many local businesses. It will also greatly inconvenience visitors giving them a bad impression of the area, not to mention the inconvenience to local residents.

If this were unavoidable, one could be sympathetic but there is the simple solution that has always been used in the past. The contractor can surface half the road at a time, allowing traffic controlled by traffic lights to continue to use the road.

An old AA telephone box on the outskirts of Aysgarth on the A684. PIC: Tony Johnson

I realise that this arrangement is less convenient to the contractor and also probably more expensive but it is essential.

Come on, North Yorkshire Council. Have some consideration for your local businesses, visitors and residents. The A684 is a major through route. Closing it unnecessarily is just not acceptable.

Closing parts of A684 during tourist season is just not acceptable - Yorkshire Post Letters