Councillors in Tenby continue to flag-up concerns over inconsiderate parking close to the town’s three schools.

At this month’s meeting of the town council, Cllr Lynn Attewell showed her fellow members photographs of the parking situation around Tudor Way and Heywood Lane junction.

“This is a busy crossing area for children and parents and there is a huge problem,” she remarked.

“Vehicles including 4x4s are parking right up to the junction. The junction is chaotic and visibility is appalling. Something needs to be done to stop cars parking as double yellows are not working,” she continued.

Cllr Tish Rossiter recalled a previous meeting, adding that this was a hard issue to resolve.

“St David’s Close is another area that is always clogged,” she said.

“There is now no crossing person on this junction. They cannot seem to enforce double yellow lines.”

Discussion took place about the schools’ car park, with the Clerk noting that when he had gone to pick up his granddaughter one day last week there had been plenty of parking in the car park - yet people still chose to park on the two junctions.

“Problems are also caused by parents talking outside the cars and children running around instead of just collecting and going,” remarked Cllr Attewell.

Cllr Charles Dale asked if this was only a ‘pick-up and drop-off’ occurrence, and if the parking problem was at specific times?

He asked if PCC’s traffic wardens could have a ‘blitz with Cllr Laurence Blackhall agreeing

Cllr Rossiter asked if something like a zebra crossing could be placed at this point.

Cllr Blackhall felt that the only other option, as in the Greenhill School side, was to look at extending the raised sections of road as this does help to slow people down.

“People would be more aware if they knew there was a pedestrian crossing too,” he remarked.

The Clerk said he would raise the matter with PCC’s streetcare and parking manager Marc Owen.