A local headmaster has written to Tenby Town Council adding his views and concerns to the debate about traffic congestion in the town's busy Heywood Lane, where three schools are based. Clr. Mrs. Sue Lane recently suggested looking into a scheme that is operational in Australia and Canada where zonal speed restrictions have been introduced during certain school hours to help with reducing traffic congestion. With Tenby Infants, Junior and Greenhill Schools forming a committee to come up with solutions to the problem, Greenhill's head, Mr. Chris Noble, has written to councillors with his views. "We have, as you write, tried a number of things to improve the situation in Heywood Lane. Staggered entry and exit times have helped, as have removing 140 staff cars to the Marsh Road entrance to the school," said Mr. Noble in his letter, which was brought before council members at their meeting on Tuesday night. "Our current task is to change the routes of three remaining service buses, so that they may drop their passengers inside our premises rather than outside. "I wholeheartedly agree that parents and sixth- formers should not be allowed to park in Heywood Lane during the busy times. Although I frequently remind the sixth form of this, Heywood Lane is of course a public highway, so I have no authority to prevent it," he continued, adding that he did not think that a 20 mph limit would have any effect and that 5 mph seemed breakneck speed to himself along the road. Responding to the letter, Clr. Mrs. Lane remarked that her suggestion was just an idea that she felt the schools' committees would like to consider along with their own thoughts on ways of alleviating the traffic problems.
