OPINION: Ugly in the extreme Opinion by News Of The Area - Modern Media - December 7, 2022 DEAR News Of The Area, OVER the last months I have walked, cycled and driven around the visual and physical obstacle course created on Beach St. No matter from what approach I find this shamble of bollards and vertical humps a constant irritating mental distraction. It is ugly In the extreme and so detracts from our natural local amenity. As a tourist entry point this is tastelessly imposed onto our environment. It looks like a group of five year olds have been given the task to create an obstacle eyesore. And succeeded. From my perspective cycling around Woopie is a very low key affair – hardly a traffic jam of cyclists. I have found walking around and over the obstacles a mentally confusing hazard. It’s an appalling idea made manifest. I would like to see a simpler solution. The widened shared paths are effective for such a short strip of road. Yours sincerely, A THOMAS, Woopie.