Major changes proposed for storm-hit coast road

A public consultation has been launched for a proposed "inland realignment" of a storm-battered coast road that is vulnerable to heavy flooding.

The A487 in Newgale, Pembrokeshire, runs next to a large shingle bank which risks becoming unsustainable as a flood defence, Pembrokeshire County Council has said.

It has opened a consultation on phase one of its plans, which would see the development of a new inland section of the road with a bridge, replacing the coastal part of the road that would be closed and removed.

Newgale was heavily hit by flooding following storms in early 2014, leading to a visit by then-prime minister David Cameron, and again by Storm Dennis in 2020.