Local councillors have said that they are more than happy with the way an enhancement project to improve the centre of Tenby has turned out, despite there being calls from Tenby Civic Society for 'room for improvement'.

The Civic Society recently wrote to Pembrokeshire County Council's director of transportation, housing and environment, Mr. Ian Westley, after the organisation had conducted their own assessment of the recently completed Tudor Square enhancement project.

Douglas Fraser, of the society, stated that in aesthetic terms, the project was a success, but called for completion of signage in an appropriate style, and also the relocation and improvement of double waste bins, that were in the square.

The Civic Society also felt that in 'functional terms' traffic congestion seemed much worse than before, and that the benefits of the scheme could only be realised if the county council took a more active approach to traffic and parking management.

Speaking at Tuesday night's meeting of Tenby Town Council, Clr. Mrs. Tish Rossiter said that the project was "money well spent."

"It's a no brainer that the scheme has benefited the town, as the centre has now become a lovely sitting out area and as long as people adhere to the parking regulations, and the enforcement officers do their jobs, then there should be no problem," she said.

"I do agree that there should be better signage on The Norton, but lorries should be in delivering before 10 am and after 4 pm, but they don't seem to take any notice of this," added Clr. Mrs. Rossiter.

Her colleague, Clr. Mike Evans, disagreed with the Civic Society's analysis that the traffic flow in Tudor Square was now worse than before.

"We used to have to put up with triple and even quadruple parking! But I feel that our town centre has now been claimed back by pedestrians," he commented.

"We do need more benches, but I don't think there is an issue with the waste bins, as we fought hard to get those recycling bins for a practical reason.

"I think we should write to Mr. Westley praising the scheme in general, and without blowing our own trumpet too much, we can be proud that this town council got the Dyster Memorial restored to the town centre too," added Clr. Evans.

Clr. Trevor Hallett agreed and said that he felt the town centre was working well since the enhancement and that he traders seemed happy.

"We've got the best town centre for miles around," he remarked.