Local councillors are set to meet up with Pembrokeshire County Council officers in the New Year to discuss the future of Tenby’s Tourist Information Centre which is one of a number of services being earmarked for potential closure under the Authority’s ‘transformation agenda’.

Speaking at Tuesday night’s meeting of the town council, the town clerk Andrew Davies told members that PCC’s heads of service Paul Ashley-Jones had suggested a meeting in January to discuss the facility’s future, with councillors recently highlighting the need to protect the TIC which was a valuable asset to the town.

“We are at the hub of the tourist trade in here in Tenby, so it is very sad that the county council are considering taking away our Tourist Information Centre due to financial cuts, especially in light of the massive new info centre and library facility opening last week in Haverfordwest, which I’m sure would have cost a lot of money!” commented Clr. Mrs. Tish Rossiter at the meeting.

Her colleague Clr. Paul Rapi concurred: “It concerns me that they might be intending to close our TIC, but I’ve not actually heard it from any one in authority.

“I don’t now where the money has come from for the new Haverfordwest facility, but it’s a point that we need to put across when we meet with PCC representatives,” he remarked.

“We have already lost one very good information centre in Tenby run by the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, so to lose another would be catastrophic!” added Clr. Trevor Hallett.

Councillors provisionally set a date for Monday, January 7 to hold discussions on the TIC.