Tenby Walled Town Residents' Association held a committee meeting on Monday, when vice-chairman, Alistair Mackay, announced that conservation architect, Murray John, had kindly agreed to join the committee.
Local Mr. John recently purchased a house in Tenby.
Mr. John's views on the danger of precious Tenby architectural details being eroded, and his positive response to Pembrokeshire Coast National Park's conservation proposals for Tenby, were recently recorded in the Letters Page of the Tenby Observer.
It was agreed that the association was privileged to welcome a professional expert on such a key issue for the historic town.
Mr. John's detailed comments on the National Park's intended strategy were adopted as TWTRA policy, together with a few additional points.
The committee then discussed the enhancement of Tudor Square. They were unanimous that they should lobby the county council to use tarmac instead of cobbles on all road surfaces.
The committee acknowledged that some residents and businesses in streets that had already been cobbled had experienced serious, on-going problems with damp cellars. Cellar-owners were advised to have their properties surveyed before work commenced as this would give them the opportunity for redress should problems occur in the future.
This year's new experimental pedestrianisation scheme was discussed.
Mr Mackay reported that the association's retained traffic qngineer had recommended that the county council should be urged to conduct a survey of traffic within the walled town during May and June, in order to understand the pattern of drivers' needs.
Tenby Walled Town Residents' Association would like to remind anyone interested in these issues that two important meetings are imminent:
On March 11, at 5 pm, there will be a key representatives meeting to discuss pedestrianisation, at the De Valence Pavilion. TWTRA will send two representatives and a limited number of the the public will also be able to attend as observers.
On March 18, Tenby 2020 Group will hold an open meeting at 7.30 pm at the De Valence Pavilion. The three guest speakers will be head teacher at Greenhill School, Mr. Chris Noble, who will speak about the proposal for a Community College in Tenby, Mr. Ian Westley, Pembrokeshire County Council's new director of transportation, and Mr. Roger Barrett Evans, the county council's director of development.
The latter two guests will speak about the enhancement scheme for High Street and Tudor Square, pedestrianisation and other forthcoming developments.