AS many people and readers must feel, Preston Bus Station will be disposed of for financial reasons and not out of any farcical consultation exercise.

We do not need anymore tacky shops and should not encourage more car parking -- Preston is fast becoming one big, smelly car park.

We do, however, need to keep such a gem as the bus station which is aesthetically, practically and geographically the best thing in the town and also a credit to the county.

Wake up council members!

L Whitacker, Alderfield, Penwortham, Preston.