WITH reference to the on going saga of not having a main Post Office in Widnes.

My sister and I wish to know why the Post Office has not sought to use the additional vacant space which has recently become available adjacent to the old main Post Office in the town centre, due to the Job Centre moving to Kingsway?

This location in Widnes Road would be ideal as the amount of space generated is very generous and is on two floors.

This would be even larger if you were to knock the wall though from the old Post Office; cost should not come in to the equation of restoring a major service to the community.

Surely the people concerned are not telling the community that no one knew this property would become vacant as it had been known of for quite some time. After all who still owns this building?

We would like MP Derek Twigg to investigate this as it seems ludicrous that the community has to wait until the end of 2004 or even early 2005 before we have a main post office restored.

L Plumpton, address supplied