CHARLIE Brown's road interchange was a 1970s environmental disaster which has left a crater in the heart of the Roding community.

It's ironic that this road system was intended to unite people speedily, which is all very well for motorists passing through.

For our neighbourhood, it has had the opposite effect: the scale of the ugly concrete alienates pedestrians. Nearby residents suffer dreadfully from air and noise pollution.

Many of the pillars are covered in graffiti, adding to the general atmosphere of neglect.

While there is no excuse for criminal damage, this shows that vandals feel there is nothing of beauty worth respecting here.

Councillor Bond has rightly said that the whole area needs to be re-landscaped. Unfort-unately when it comes to major outdoor space, many of his colleagues on the council prefer to spend our money on projects such as Unity Square' in Ilford.

This week I wrote to the council to ask when one large piece of graffiti would be removed but merely received the reply that my query has been logged'.

Could this be because our end of Redbridge is a high priority when it comes to raising money, but a low one when it comes to spending it?

Charlie Brown's needs its own Area Action Plan, and serious money invested in its regeneration.

The time has come to clean up and green up.

Helen Duffett, St Barnabas Road, Woodford Green