Tenby's White Lion Street has fully re-opened to traffic this week after urgent work was carried out stabilise a pillar outside the town's Royal Gatehouse Hotel. The road was closed last Thursday after a column of the hotel's porch was damaged, resulting in the owner being served with a 'Dangerous Structure Notice' by Pembrokeshire County Council. "The notice required him to reinstate the column to its correct position," said a council spokesperson yesterday (Thursday). "He has complied with this and as a result we have removed the temporary one-way traffic order on the street. "We have also put some high-visibility barriers around the column to help make it more noticeable to passing motorists," added the spokesperson. The matter came to light last week after Tenby county councillor and Pembrokeshire Coast National Park vice-chairman, Michael Williams called for action to be taken to improve the condition of the hotel. "The condition of the building is causing great concern, and it appears to have deteriorated considerably during the recent bad weather, with pedestrians crossing the road to avoid walking under the scaffolding in The Norton," he claimed. Clr. Williams felt the time had come to carry out the necessary works needed to preserve the Royal Gatehouse before it was too late to save it. "I believe that the time has now arrived when draconian action must be taken on two counts - one, to protect the public; two, to try to preserve it, before it is too late to save a very fine listed building," stated Clr. Williams. The National Park Authority resolved several weeks ago to serve a notice of disrepair on the owner of the hotel, but as of yet, no works have taken place.