Following the end of this year's pedestrianisation experiment, Alistair Mackay, secretary of Tenby Walled Town Residents' Association, said this week that he was delighted with the success of the scheme.
He considered its success was entirely due to the council embracing the recommendations made by the Inspector at the Public Inquiry and administering a scheme that, for the first time, considered the needs of those people who required access to the walled town.
Mr. Mackay noted that the 2006 experiment was very close to what TWTRA had been advocating for many years and the success of this year's scheme vindicated the stance taken by the association.
He added: "The fears put forward by the council and their supporters that such a scheme would be unworkable have clearly proved to be unfounded.
"This year's pedestrianisation experiment has proved that the hardship suffered by residents and others over the last four years has been totally unnecessary.
"It is a great shame that the council's earlier blinkered approach resulted in the need for a Public Inquiry and its considerable costs that have been paid for both by the people of Pembrokeshire and again by those other people who were directly affected."
The association hoped that the surveys being carried out this year on behalf of the council would confirm the success of the scheme and enable the council to proceed with a permanent scheme next year and so protect the rights of the residents and others.