Among matters discussed at a recent meeting of Pennar and Bufferland Community Association were the following:

Complaints of drivers using excessive speed along Military Road: Graham Rennie said that there were far too many incidents of vehicles travelling at excessive speed along Military Road, especially between 6 and 8 am, 2.45-3.30 pm and 5-7 pm. Graham asked if it would be possible to have a police officer to be occasionally present at these critical times. If he or she was wearing a high visibility jacket and was equipped with a speed camera with the obvious intention of using it to catch the speeding drivers in the act, then the news should quickly get around and it was hoped that the possibility of a fine and penalty points on their licence would deter drivers from exceeding the 30 mph speed limit. Ron Selby pointed out that when the police checked the average speed of the vehicles travelling along High Street and Military Road, Pembroke Dock, in 2009, they eliminated the fastest 15 per cent and the slowest 15 per cent, and quoted the average speed of the remaining 70 per cent! To many members, this seemed to negate the whole purpose of the exercise as it was only about those travelling at excessive speed that residents were complaining. Christine John added that she had heard a report of an accident that occurred at the junction of Military Road and Ferry Road between a van and a car carrying a child passenger.

More about Pennar streets, pavements and open spaces being fouled with dog mess: As mentioned on the P&BCA November minutes, Lisa Jones (PCC dog warden) has requested the teachers at the two Pennar junior schools to have the children create posters designed to encourage dog owners to clean up their pet's mess. PCSO Zoe Priestley said that the posters had been put up at various points around Pembroke Dock and one could be seen at the South Pembrokeshire Golf Club in Military Road. It was recently reported that someone in Pembroke Dock was recently fined £70 for not cleaning up after their pet.

Fundraising to enable a Pennar children's choir to perform in Paris: Christine John said that the Pennar Community School has circulated leaflets around the area, requesting contributions to enable their children's choir to travel to the Paris Disneyland and take part in a choral festival.