THE countys politicians are failing to do their job in securing European funding for improving Pembrokeshires road networks, a councillor has claimed.

I see and hear other AMs getting their views out in the press, and on radio, and getting promises for infrastructure for their areas, said Independent Councillor Norman Parry at a meeting last week. The trouble is our representatives - the total lot for West Wales - are not doing their job at getting Objective One funding for Pembrokeshire. That is where all our problems are, he alleged.

Labour leader, Councillor Joyce Watson, said these were slanderous comments which she was surprised the chairman let go.

The council is frustrated at delays in securing European funding which is holding up projects. A decision on funding for a link road around the Cleddau Bridge Business Park is still awaited - nearly a year after it was submitted.

Chief executive of Pembrokeshire County Council, Bryn Parry-Jones, was asked if Pembrokeshire has had its fair share of Objective One funding.

There is no simple answer to that as no-one knows. It is not as simple as saying you can have this and you can have that. It is difficult to tell who has had what. There are many concerns but Pembrokeshire has received a considerable amount through this programme for real job creation - money which has been directly translated into jobs, he said.