Pembrokeshire County Council has been urged once again to act to prevent inconsiderate parking continuing on a route up to Tenby cemetery.

The issue was first raised last year, with many of the town’s car parks full during peak holiday times, motorists resorted to ditching their vehicles along Slippery Back, leading to concerns that an inordinate amount of cars parked along the stretch of roadway leading up to the cemetery, would make the route impassable for a funeral cortège.

County councillor for Tenby’s North Ward Michael Williams, pressed PCC to act on the matter at the time, requesting that double yellow lines be introduced on the access road to the cemetery.

A response from PCC’s traffic department, confirmed that as ‘Slippery Back’ was classed as a Public Bridleway and as such, given its status the Traffic Team wouldn’t be in a position to consider double yellow lines in this location.

Now town councillor Sue Lane has raised the matter again, telling her colleagues at this month’s meeting of Tenby Town Council that it was really something that needs addressing.

“Parking is horrific and restricts access to the cemetery. Does anyone have any ideas?,” she asked

The town clerk explained the reasoning as to why double yellow lines couldn’t be introduced as the route had been reclassified as a bridleway by Dyfed County Council in the 1990s.

“You cannot introduce double yellow lines on a bridleway as it is not ‘highway’ and technically no vehicles are allowed to use it without permission,” he explained.

Cllr Lane said that if that was the case, then cars surely should not be parked there. Visitors to the cemetery would have de facto permission to use the road.

She suggested that PCC be asked to consider reclassifying the road and then they would be able to install double yellow lines.

Cllr Dai Morgan suggested putting bollards on the verges to prevent parking. If bollards were expensive to install, boulders could be another option, suggested Cllr Duncan Whitehurst.

Cllr Charles Dale wondered if an ‘Access Only’ sign could be introduced, which would act as a deterrent indicating that only people who need to use the road should do so.

Councillors asked for PCC to be contacted to once again look at the parking situation on Slippery Back, and consider the ideas suggested by members as possible solutions.