Tenby town councillors have been told that it may cost them within the region of £5,000 to relocate two controversial notice boards in the town.

The boards, which feature two figures holding up a glass display case for event notices to be featured in, have been placed on the South Parade and Norton/Croft junction, with the latter causing much of the controversy as many believe it obstructs one of Tenby's most picturesque views of the harbour.

Originally a joint proposal of the Tenby Events Management team of the De Valence Trust and the Tenby Chamber of Trade and Tourism, the boards cost £3,500 each and were approved by both the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority and Pembrokeshire County Council.

Councillors now want to see the notice boards moved to more suitable locations and have asked the public for feedback on where they could possibly be placed, with the multi-storey car park mentioned.

However, Chris Osborne, a member of the De Valence Trust who has been corresponding with the town council on the matter, has dismissed the proposal.

"The proposed relocation to between the multi-storey car park and Sainsbury's supermarket is not going to deliver the board's potential, as a promotion of events notices," he stated in an email to the town council which was brought before members at their meeting on Tuesday night.

Mr. Osborne also said that he had been informed that it would cost in the region of £5,000 for the two boards to be removed from their present locations, after repairs to the street surface and excavations were made, and concrete foundations were put in place to reinstall the signs at a new location.

"We continue to believe that modern artistic statements take time to bed down in the public's eye, yet it is bold to look forwards. Tenby needs bold forward visions, not status quo solutions which are no solutions at all," added Mr. Osborne.

Deputy Mayor, Clr. Mrs. Julie Evans, believed that the best solution still remained to relocate the notice boards as the town council were there to represent the views of the people of Tenby, while Mayor, Clr. Mrs. Sue Lane, believed that a suggestion from Douglas and Elizabeth Fraser, of Lexden Terrace, to relocate one of the notice boards towards the south end of the Esplanade would be a solution well worth looking at.

Clr. Mrs. Trisha Putwain added to the debate by querying why there was such a little amount of notices displayed in the boards and that they just seemed to be filled up with De Valence promotional posters.

"There's nothing to say how other organisations can get their notices in there which should be addressed," she said.