AyrCentre was shocked by the state of the town of Ayr after his absence of 60 years.

I was saddened and ashamed to read James Herbert’s letter of July 7, where he said that he

I and others have already used your letter column to complain about the SAC‘s lack of action and leadership.

They seem incapable of completing any of the town projects, with the exception of the conversion of the old Ayr Academy to the new Grammar school, though I would hazard a guess that may have had nothing to do with our council, and more the responsibility of the Scottish Education department.

We can’t just go on demolishing and emptying buildings without any concern for the people who live and work in area.

Revitalisation of the High Street is essential , small privately owned shops, access with free parking and boutique buildings along side them; not anything as impractical as a swimming pool, which would destroy the town and reduce available access.

What are the town planners and city fathers thinking about ..... the weight alone of millions of gallons of water would cause considerable subsidence, and lose access to the rest of the town causing an even bigger bottleneck than the railway station bridge.

It is my opinion that the cost of the upgrade of the existing pool has been

grossly inflated in order to make this ridiculous plan seem viable.

Please can I beg your readers to campaign against these ill thought out ideas before the current SAC pushes them forward.

We must act soon, before we have a ghost town when people migrate to Heathfield rather than pay

parking charges and visitors are given no incentive to come to Ayr.

As the leader of the SAC says –“ne-er forget the people”