PEMBROKE Town Councillors have raised a number of concerns over parking in Main Street.

Councillors agreed that the current situation was awful and expressed concerns about the lack of traffic wardens in the area.

It was also mentioned how parked cars have caused blockages for other vehicles on some occasions.

The matter was discussed at a meeting of the Town Council on Thursday, February 11.

Cllr Clive Collins said: “The parking just above our building has become terrible. When I put this on the agenda I saw someone pull up outside a certain shop at least a foot off the pavement and a couple of minutes later the Silcox bus could not get past.

“I think it is disgusting that people do it. The yellow lines on the curbs say no stopping have become almost invisible so I would like to get those repainted and I would like us to write a letter asking for more warden support.

“I think we should try to get something done so can we have a letter to the county council complaining about the lack of traffic wardens and to re-paint the now, in certain places, almost invisible markings.”

Cllr Rose Blackburn suggested that notices should be put up to tell people that they couldn’t park in the street.

Cllr Jonathan Nutting said: “I got in touch with them last week to say it is very lax, we are not seeing anybody. It is getting awful on Main Street and it has obviously got a lot worse over the last 3-4 months.

“I’ve asked several times for them to re-mark the east end roundabout, it also needs directional arrows so that people follow it. If they could just generally look round town and remark several places.”

Cllr Wyn Jenkins said: “The curb has only been there for five years but that is one of the major problems we’ve got is that the curb keeps the bus off the curb as the bus keeps hitting it.”

Cllr Aden Brinn explained that he had received a complaint from someone in his ward who had been given a ticket despite only being in the chemist for a short time.

Cllr Dennis Evans said: “The changes have come about as a result of air quality meetings that we went to and are part and parcel of trying to improve the air quality and produce car streams going through town without having to stop. The blockage does occur near the town hall by the bus stop so it was a way of trying to move traffic through the town without the build-up of exhausts emissions.”

Cllr Jenkins also suggested that some traffic wardens were only giving people five minutes to park but other members were shocked to hear that and ask for that to be clarified.

Pembroke Mayor, Cllr Pauline Waters added that the traffic lights could be taken away which would create more parking on the other side of the road.

Cllr Jon Harvey said: “We have got an issue on Main Street but people have to cross the road. People will stop but there needs to be a formalised crossing in Main Street. If you are disabled or have children it is appropriate to have a specific point to cross.”

Cllr Nutting said that the Town Council should write to the Highways department in Pembrokeshire County Council to ask if they could look at the amount of time it takes between the buttons being pressed to the lights changing.