The junction at Upper Hill Park with Narberth Road in Tenby will be closed from Monday (January 9) to make it safer to carry out improvement works on a section of the A4218/A478 road in and out of the town.

Vehicles wishing to access Upper Hill Park, Seascape and Lady Park, will have to use the junction off Narberth Road by the ‘welcome to Tenby’ sign.

Pembrokeshire County Council recently secured funding to improve the junction on the A4218/A478 Narberth Road, by remodelling a section of the road, as the second phase of a Welsh Government funded Road Safety Grant scheme.

A report from PCC’s senior traffic engineer, Ben Blake, recently outlined that the option of introducing a mini roundabout addressed the main concerns raised, which was the principal aim of the revised layout.

Plans submitted by PCC explained that the scheme would look to improve road and pedestrian safety at the junction by way of providing a more conventional and simplified layout to that currently found, and address traffic flow issues, turning movements, as well as introducing speed reduction benefits.

Members of Tenby town council were informed at their meeting on Tuesday night by the town clerk Andrew Davies that the work was scheduled to start and would take approximately 12 weeks to complete.

20 mph speed limit inside Tenby walls backed

Councillors in Tenby have backed plans to introduce a 20 mph speed limit inside the town walls.

Speaking at Tuesday night’s meeting of the town council, Clr. Mrs. Christine Brown, gave her support to a proposal by the Tenby Chamber of Trade and Tourism to call for a 20 mph speed limit, which the organisation said had added to concerns raised about pedestrian safety within Tudor Square and High Street.

“I totally agreed with tis, and its something that this town council has been asking for time and time again!” commented Clr. Mrs. Brown.

“The amount of traffic inside the town walls and the speed of taxis in particular is just ridiculous, so a 20 mph speed limit would not only benefit pedestrians, but could reduce noise levels too, especially if it stops the roaring of the boy racers that we still get!” she added.

“There is no reason for anyone to be driving over 20 mph inside the town walls,” agreed the Mayor, Clr. Laurence Blackhall.

Councillors were unanimously in favour of supporting the proposals.