Works being carried out on a section of road on the route in and out of Tenby have proved a ‘nightmare’ for visitors and locals alike, a town councillor claimed this week.

Pembrokeshire County Council recently secured funding to improve the junction on the A4218/A478 Narberth Road, by remodelling a section of the road, as the second phase of a Welsh Government funded Road Safety Grant scheme.

The scheme, which includes introducing a mini roundabout as part of the revised layout, to improve the junction on the A4218/A478 Narberth Road, started back in January, with a 12-week timetable of works by Pembrokeshire County Council scheduled to be completed by Easter.

The development has seen the junction at Upper Hill Park with Narberth Road remain closed to make it safer whilst the works are carried out.

Speaking at Tuesday night’s meeting of the town council, Clr. Mrs. Tish Rossiter said that the queues into Tenby were getting worse every weekend because of the works.

“Each weekend there have been queues of lots of visitors, which most recently were stretching back to New Hedges!” she said.

“We want to encourage people into Tenby and they’re not going to come back if they expect to be sat in a traffic queue for an hour.

“I was wondering if the developers could consider opening up the road over the weekend, as that’s when it’s worst, with no one there to man and monitor the three-way traffic light system. It’s been a nightmare, and it’s getting worse every weekend!” she added.

The town clerk, Andrew Davies, said that the works were due to finish on April 6, and hadn’t been delayed as far as he was aware, but would contact the county council’s head of highways and construction, Darren Thomas, with regards to the suggestion.

The Mayor, Clr. Laurence Blackhall, also pointed out that the phasing of the traffic lights could be adjusted, to allow for the fact that very little traffic was coming out of the Narberth Road end at times.