Longstanding issues surrounding the flooding of a main route in and out of Tenby, are being taken to the Welsh Government, in an attempt to find a long-term solution, to a matter that has had a detrimental effet on the area for decades.

The B4318 at Gumfreston, connecting Tenby to St Florence and Carew, and routes beyond, leading to Pembroke, seems to be closed more of late, than actually open, in light of the many named storms that have hit the locality, along with heavy rainfall and high tides, causing the road to be impacted with tidal locking, river flooding and field run off.

County councillor for the wards of Gumfreston and St Florence, Cllr Rhys Jordan has long shared his frustrations over the situation, and has now started the first steps to taking the matter to Welsh parliament.

“I’ve created a petition to the Welsh Government because repeated flooding on the B4318 can no longer be resolved through local routes alone,” shared Cllr Jordan recently on social media.

“As your councillor, I’ve raised this issue through every available local option, and those avenues have now been exhausted.

“The causes of flooding go beyond the road itself, which is why national leadership and funding are now needed to look at a long-term solution.

“The petition is currently with the Welsh Government petitions team for ratification (expected early January 2026). Once it’s live, it will be all hands to the pump,” he continued.

“Petitions don’t always succeed, but when enough people get behind them, they can make a real difference. Just look at what happened at Nash Finger Post.

“When the time comes, I’ll be asking everyone affected to add their name and share it widely. The number of signatures really does matter,” he added.

Cllr Jordan had said recently that while raising the road remains the ‘ideal solution’ -he fully admitted this was ‘unlikely ‘to happen in the near future.

Recently, a Tenby town councillor slammed Pembrokeshire County Council for failing to tackle the persistent flooding effectively - suggesting that they would rather squander their millions on building pointless footbridges in Haverfordwest!

With motorists attempting to drive through the flood water being labelled ‘stupid’ on social media - town councillor Charles Dale took a pop at the Local Authority for its own ‘stupidity’ in continuing to not rectify the issue with a long term solution.

Cllr Dale commented: “Stupidity is Pembrokeshire County Council allowing this to happen to the residents of Tenby every year - and it’s getting worse - while at the same time spending millions on a ridiculous bridge that nobody needs and yet more millions turning a car park and bus stop into, guess what...a car park and bus stop!

The former Deputy Mayor of Tenby went onto say: “I’ve actually put in a request to move the the new £5.8 million pound bridge from Haverfordwest (where it serves no purpose whatsoever) to the bottom of Gumfreston Hill. That should solve the problem of flooding once and for all!”