WELL done Wirral Globe! Your issue of January 10 contained a scathing letter about the state of pavements in Heswall High Street and the unfortunate accident suffered by an elderly lady. Lo and behold, Thursday midday a wagon arrives at the very scene of the accident, gang of workmen set to, rapid replacement of five paving stones all marked with white paint on the raised edges and indicated with P1 (presumably Priority 1).

Rough estimated cost: one wagon, four men, five paving stones, sand, cement, one manager/supervisor, two hours = £350 to £400.

Doing a quick count on this section of footpath outside the busy bus station, there are about 50 broken, cracked, uneven, hazardous paving stones; probable cost about £5,000 to replace the entire section, even less if they used tarmac.

So why did they stop? Is it only possible to send out the rapid reaction force to repair sections actually causing accidents? Perhaps in order to get a repair carried out some poor unfortunate must be injured. Could it be that there is such a widespread demand for pavement repairs that the council Engineer's Department cannot cope? I know, it is a case of money - or the lack of money.

H. Cameron (address supplied).