A local councillor has seconded a call for road improvements to be made on the outskirts of Tenby to alleviate a flooding blackspot.

Speaking at Tuesday night’s meeting of Tenby Town Council, Clr. Mrs. Tish Rossiter praised local county councillors Michael Williams, Paul Rapi and Jon Preston, who have raised the issue of recurring flooding on the section of the B4318 road near Gumfreston, and contacted Pembrokeshire County Council’s head of highways and construction, Darren Thomas, with their concerns, asking for the matter to be re-examined as a matter of urgency.

“My understanding is that the only way to prevent this flooding is to raise the highway. I do understand that this would be a costly matter, but the disruption is considerable, with traffic often diverting along the Ridgeway, which is far from an ideal situation given the limitations of that road,” Clr. Williams, who represents Tenby’s North ward, told the Observer last week.

Clr. Mrs. Rossiter once again criticised the ‘variable-message signs’ erected by the Trunk Road Agency at Bell’s Corner and Marsh Road, in place to provide flood warning notifications, stating that the funding could have been better spent actually improving the road.

“Those signs cost £80,000 and have been used a handful of times, and are a waste of time. Why wasn’t this money better used at the time?” she told her colleagues.

Clr. Trevor Hallett agreed and said that the only way to solve the issue was to raise the road, as the water had to go somewhere.