Dew Street Campaign hold surveys on threatened car park

The Dew Street Campaign carried out surveys asking local businesses and residents what they thought about Pembrokeshire County Council revoking parking rights for the car park at the old county library site.

The survey revealed that 95 per cent of businesses and residents who participated thought the commercial viability of the top end of Haverfordwest’s High Street would be detrimentally affected.

It comes as PCC announced Cllr Tom Tudor’s notice of motion calling on the council to utilise acts of parliament to ensure property owners take steps to remedy properties in the area, will be put on the agenda of a full council meeting held on December 9.

PPC had announced it would revoke parking rights at the Dew Street site in August and then announced it was reconsidering the decision, which is scheduled to be discussed at a Cabinet meeting on November 29.

The Dew Street Campaign carried out three surveys between September 29 and October 22.

The first survey was in two parts, firstly a record of the number of vehicles in the car park at any given time. The second part was a movement study recording the number of vehicles entering and leaving the site during certain hours of the day.

The surveys found that there could be as many as 100 cars using the site during the day.

Dew Street Campaign survey

Dew Street Campaign survey

The second and third surveys were questionnaires sent to local businesses and residents.

It found that 73 per cent of businesses who completed the survey thought that business would be directly affected by the loss of the car park.

However it was 50/50 as to whether a loss of earnings was anticipated from the closure.

Seventy-eight per cent of residents in the area said they would be affected by the loss of the car park and 50 per cent responded that they would be forced to find on-street parking.

Dew Street Campaign survey

Dew Street Campaign survey