RE: Mayor’s highway screen call (Sunraysia Daily, July 25): Great idea Mayor Clemence to make it hard for more than half of Mildura Rural City Council’s area to access family, medical specialists, maternity services, hospital admissions and shopping.

In Ouyen we have had no COVID-19 cases but do have a steady flow of traffic between the rest of Victoria and the Mildura district, especially noticeable since the school holidays and the current lockdown in metropolitan Melbourne.