A petition about Pembrokeshire's most dangerous pavement has been handed into the Welsh Assembly by local AM Angela Burns.

The walkway through Llanddewi Velfrey is just 20 inches wide in places and is so narrow that a dog being walked along it was killed by a passing truck when it glanced over its shoulder.

And a woman walking along the narrow strip alongside the A40 has twice had her handbag ripped off her shoulder by the slipstream of passing lorries.

Now a 150-signature petition and a safety survey gathered by the community council has been handed into the Assembly's petitions committee by Mrs. Burns.

"This stretch of road is so dangerous that something must be done as a matter of utmost urgency," said Mrs. Burns.

"The residents have been promised a by-pass for decades but nothing has been done. We shall continue to press for one but in the meantime these basic safety measures are needed right now."

The petition calls for the speed limit through the village to be dropped to 30 mph, for the pavement and crossing places to be made safer and for speed cameras to be installed.

Resident Geordie Fraser, whose dog was killed by a passing truck, will no longer use the narrow pavement.

"I have a new cairn terrier now but I go around the long way now to avoid the main road," he said.

He pointed out that the road is especially busy with ferry traffic at this time of year, particularly when the fast ferry is running from Fishguard.

A speed survey undertaken by the police last month revealed that much of the traffic is breaking the speed limit through the village.

"The average speed was 46 mph and at school times when we have 12 youngsters having to cross the road to reach the bus, nearly half of the traffic is over the speed limit" pointed out community council clerk Lynda Hill.

The children have to take refuge on a narrow traffic island while they wait for the carriageway to clear.

"The kids crossing is the main safety concern that we have," added resident Gloria Thomas.