A Pembrokeshire County Councillor has highlighted the ‘rapidly deteriorating’ condition of many roads across the county and throughout his ward, stating that he is getting almost daily complaints, with vehicles having to slalom their way around some of the worst hit areas with countless potholes.

County Councillor for the Pembroke Monkton and St Mary South wards, Cllr Aaron Carey has now raised the matter with the Local Authority’s cabinet member for residents’ services Cllr Rhys Sinnett, to see as to what PCC’s plans are for to tackle this increasing problem.

“I am getting almost daily complaints regarding potholes which are either growing despite being reported some time ago, or ones that have been ‘fixed’ but are reoccurring - sometimes for the third or fourth time - and new ones appearing frequently, adding to the delays in fixing what is already there,” remarked Cllr Carey.

“Without going into too much detail, when driving around the area it is quite noticeable that the reactive system that is in place currently, is not working.”

Cllr Carey states that some potholes which have been filled twice have already dropped (e.g. one by the crossing at Castle Terrace in Pembroke and the other by the crossing on the Mill Bridge) - this on top of the ones that have been ignored for months and just gotten bigger (e.g. the corner by the Westgate Chapel which was reported last April and is still there).

“The state of the road at the East End roundabout is atrocious, as it is used daily, not just by regular traffic but by oil tankers, farming vehicles and by vehicles carrying tanks to and from Castlemartin and is in desperate need of attention,” he continued.

“There also potholes in and around Monkton which have been there for several months.

“Further outside Pembroke are comparable stories, cars having to slalom around the potholes at the top of Bush Hill which have been there over a year, and the unavoidable ones on both Argyle Street and Lewis Street in Pembroke Dock which I lost count of when driving over them as well as countless others.

“Many of the areas I have mentioned are main roads so even if not reported by the public, surely someone working in highways has driven them at some point over the past year.

“I fully understand that budgets are stretched, but we all pay into the system, and I do not think it is unreasonable for us all to be able to use roads which are fit for purpose.”

Cllr Carey said that searching Google Street View for images, he noted that some of the photos shown are 3 months and others are 3 years - yet they are still the same today!

“Could you please tell me, my fellow Councillors, and the wider public what you, as cabinet member and the highways department are going to do to provide additional resources to combat this increasing problem and to address the backlog which is also building up,” he added.