SIR – Your report on the official opening of the refurbished steps into the Riverside Memorial Gardens in Ilkley (T&A, April 13) might have mentioned that the very next day the steps were again closed so that the work might be completed and they are still closed at the time of writing.

It is now several weeks since it has been possible to use these steps, and it looks likely to be several more, because of the lack of urgency with which the job seems to have been approached.

The newly-refurbished steps look very nice; they would be all the nicer if one could actually walk on them to get in and out of the Riverside Gardens.

Owen Wells, Eaton Road, Ilkley