Enhancement works in Tenby's High Street are progressing well, members of the town council heard at their meeting on Tuesday night. The works are being carried out by Pembrokeshire County Council, with phase four of the scheme, due to be completed in early December, said highways engineer Mr. Hamer, in a letter to the council. This stage of the enhancement works, includes the upgrading of the footways and carriageway between St. Nicholas Lane and Bank Lane. The footways will be finished with natural stone paving slabs, like the previously completed footways between White Lion Corner and St. Nicholas Lane. Bollards will also be introduced and the cellar pavement lights will be upgraded. The carriageway in this area will be reconstructed to new levels using block paving. This will create a flush wall-to-wall area that will benefit future pedestrianisation periods and café culture. During these works Pembrokeshire County Council will also begin the installation of a new highway drainage system. High Street will not be closed to traffic during the current enhancement works and deliveries to business premises will be allowed to continue. However, traffic lights will be used for the duration of the work. Aim of the works, which will eventually also be undertaken in Tudor Square, is to enhance the built environment for residents, businesses and visitors, by reconstructing the footways, realigning the road and providing new street lights, signage, street furniture and planting. Mayor, Clr. Mrs. Tish Rossiter, commented that the enhancement scheme seemed to be going well, but felt that vehicle owners who had been illegally parking on double yellow lines along High Street had caused a hindrance to the town's traffic flow during the latest phase of the works.
