Sir, I note from the Observer (October 8) that Pembrokeshire County Council have appointed agents to look at how two car parks in Tenby can be 'made more attractive.' I would have thought with nearly 1,400 parking offences in Tenby this summer - mostly drivers disregarding residents parking orders - that car park capacity should be the priority and not a beautifying exercise, particularly when at the height of the summer, car parking capacity this year was greatly reduced by residents parking in the multi-storey taking up spaces. Instead of wasting tax and rate-payers' money on a 'beautifying exercise', with no increase in capacity, they should be looking at how to accommodate 'all' the traffic that comes into Tenby. Tenby is a holiday resort, a jewel in Pembrokeshire's crown, with the vast majority of visitors either coming by car or on arranged coach holidays. Park-and-ride is never going to suit everybody and the sooner the council looks into increasing car parking capacity the better. Its not only the coastal resorts that suffer from lack of parking spaces; Narberth has its fair share as well, especially during Civic Week when there's no room to swing a cat. There is one useful survey the council can do - ask all locals outside Tenby, Saundersfoot and other local holiday hot spots how often and why do they avoid going into these towns? Is it because it's too much of a problem to find a parking space? I know I would have avoided Tenby this summer if I could have, but business dictated otherwise, and because public transport is so bad, I had no choice but to use my car. It's time for the council to join the 21st century.
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