Sir,

I was thrilled to read of chairman Mickey Folland statements about the apparent u-turn in council policy he made at last week's Mayor Making ceremony in Tenby.

His assurance that the county council is conducting extensive consultations is heartening indeed.

Tenby Walled Town Residents' Association awaits the invitation for dialogue with anticipation, but nothing has happened yet.

His assurances that the council is taking on board what these unnamed organisations are saying is curious as I am not aware of any approach by the council to any organisation in Tenby.

Let us hope that chairman Folland's own solutions that offered a compromise and anticipated the hardships that would be caused are now revisited, even though the county council has previously rejected them.

He could however have been referring to the two 'consultation' meetings held on November 1 and February 28.

However, the pleas made by the organisations present were not reflected in either the resolution passed by cabinet on December 2 or the draft order that was advertised on April 18.

I was not surprised to subsequently learn that the council received a great many objections to the order detailing the permanent form of pedestrianisation that would be introduced in Tenby this summer.

I consider that the county council has by its policy of ignoring all comments which did not agree with its predetermined scheme has got itself into the present mess.

It is stuck with a form of pedestrianisation many people cannot live with and is rapidly running out of time to introduce changes.

It now appears that it is obligated to hold a public inquiry as a direct consequence of the substantial objections it has received from the residents and businesses of Tenby.

Perhaps the involvement of our MP and the National Assembly will finally bring the Council to account for its cavalier actions?

It would be tragic if the council by its intransigence fails to deliver a workable pedestrianisation scheme for Tenby or to solve the traffic problems that are a direct result of the council's neglect. Are we going to have crisis management like last year? The proposed scheme is unfair and excessive.

Alistair Mackay,

Vice-chairman,

Walled Town Residents' Association,

2 Rock House,

St. Julians Street,

Tenby