Sir,

I wonder how many other readers reacted to last week's news about the proposed improvements to Tenby's multi-story car park with the comment, 'I would rather they spent the money on making the parking spaces wider.'

The purpose of a car park is to park cars. As most vehicles have increased in size since the building was designed, it has become harder to negotiate the narrow spaces, especially if you fail to find a coveted middle space and have to squeeze in alongside an unforgiving pillar.

I realise that having two spaces instead of three between the pillars would reduce both capacity and income but how often, outside July and August, is the car park ever full?

If a wonky hip or knee makes it difficult for users to manage the stairs, then having a lift to the upper floors will not solve the problem for drivers who find that they have to squeeze out of a car that is tightly wedged up against a pillar.

Wouldn't it be better, therefore, in 2013 to make the building fit for its basic purpose of parking cars instead of simply improving the area around it?

Vicky Tomlinson,

Freshwater East.