YOU published a letter from R Martyr in last week's Courier (May 2) which was both succinct and thought-provoking. Since it was at the base of a left-hand page some of your readers may have missed it. However, the question of whomsoever benefits from the expensive, in terms of returns, link road is very much un-researched or indeed even questioned. Last week's letter does raise some points when considered from a long-term view: • Tesco Stores will have an extra built-in 185 prospective customers' households generating, at the average spend, some £384,000 of turnover per annum. • The owners of the land on which the link road is being built will have been paid for that land. • The owners of the land on which the 185 houses are to be built will also have been paid for that portion of land. • The bridge over the link road will only serve one large residence but who pays and at what cost, for this structure? The money for all this work will come from Crediton's taxpayers and a tax called L.I.C, on the prospective householders plus a much smaller sum from Tesco Ltd. The benefits, apart from those listed above, for the residents of Crediton are hard to find. Especially for those living in Exeter Road, Mill Street, Jockey Hill and, of course, Blagdon. However, there are a couple of benefits for Mid Devon District Council; an income in Council Tax payments and a possible grant since it has more than met its housing land target. For the rest of us nothing - except more pollution, congestion and strain on our primary and secondary schools with an increased pressure on our overworked infrastructure. Bill Dixon Hawthorn Road Crediton