Sir, Estate Agents usually say that local home owners live in 'a sought-after, quiet, residential part of Tenby'. Sadly very little of this is relevant or even true during school term time. Oh yes, we are close to three schools. That is a bonus point, but not when your minimum-width street has become a school car park and pick-up area. This plight is also shared by our long- suffering neighbours in Serpentine Road, Heywood Lane and Tudor Way. The huge volume of parked cars and 'people carriers' deny residents safe access to their homes. Adding to the extra heavy wear and tear on road surfaces is the damaging CO2 pollution by scores of cars twice a day. Delivery vehicles have problems, and emergency vehicles could only gain access after school hours. A disabled elderly person being picked up or dropped off at home suffers a nightmare. A wheelchair user would feel very nervous and unsafe. A safe permanent solution needs to be pursued urgently. Those involved would be Tenby Town Council, Pembrokeshire County Council and the local Education Authority, the school heads, the PTA's, Christine Gwyther AM and Jane Davison AM, Minister of Education in the Welsh Assembly Government. This joint solution would be for all those children who do not walk to school. We assume from number of parked cars that these are in the majority and probably live out of town. School buses are the sensible answer, covering well planned routes, decided by heads and PTA's, dropping off and picking up children from suitable points where they can be met by adults or walk safely home. There will be more children in Tenby Junior School in September 2006 when sadly Penally Village School closes. Pentlepoir School's closure is planned for 2007. There are less children and more old people in the county than ever before. This will affect future health services as well, but that is another issue. Tenby Junior School has been funded to extend classroom and hall provision to accommodate the expected extra pupils, plus the present school numbers, in well-equipped modern surroundings. This is to be welcomed. But the present awful parking situation will worsen! A plan needs to be worked out in the next few months to solve this. For the out-of-town children, or those who presently are driven in individual cars to school, 'bussing' makes sense. A modest daily charge could be made or a bus travel card issued. Families would soon offset this expense by what they save on petrol. There has even been talk of affected residents seeking a reduction in their Council Tax band due to loss of amenity experienced by those who cannot access their homes. It is better to use this money to subsidise bus travel to schools. When Tenby Junior School was built, the lay-by was designed to accommodate two buses! If you want to solve the 'Heywood Lane Horror Story', please contact all or some of those mentioned and support the school bus scheme. Thank you.

Marjorie Bevan,

St. David's Close, Tenby.