Tenby’s flooding longstanding flooding issue on the B4318 at Gumfreston, connecting the seaside town to St Florence and Carew, and routes beyond, leading to Pembroke, has been raised at the Senedd.
Senedd Member for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Samuel Kurtz spoke about the issues at Welsh Parliament on Tuesday.
“Yet again we had some heavy rain last night, and yet again the Gumfreston road flooded,” he said.
“The local hard working county councillor Rhys Jordan, has pushed Pembrokeshire County Council for action, but has come up against a brick wall.
“It’s become such an issue, that a local resident have even designed their own web app called ‘Is Gumfreston flooded?’
“That’s becoming an issue, as this is one of the main routes into Tenby, stopping people coming in.
“What Cllr Rhys Jordan is calling for, is a multi-agency approach, to tackle this once and for all. It’s becoming a real problem, and it’s only getting worse.”
The people of Pembrokeshire and further afield are being urged to sign a petition to get a flooding hotspot on a main route in and out of Tenby debated by Welsh Government at the Senedd. 10,000 signatures are needed for action to be taken, but with a deadline of January 31, as it stands, just over 3,000 people have signed the petition.
Although the road is maintained by Pembrokeshire County Council, flooding is caused by surface water runoff, high River Ritec levels, and tidal locking at the South Beach outfall during high tides.
These combined factors mean local highway measures alone cannot resolve the problem.
County councillor for the wards of Gumfreston and St Florence, Cllr Rhys Jordan has long shared his frustrations over the situation, and has now created a petition to the Welsh Government because repeated flooding on the B4318 can no longer be resolved through local routes alone.
