Back in May 2008

When I was first elected as a County Councillor, my old store manager Mike Watkins (he had been our store manager for approx seven years) congratulated me on my election to county council and he quickly slipped in

"i hope you can raise the issue about the loss of our entrance and this new bus lane, i've yet to see a bus use it" was his quote

I did make enquiries and was told that the road system had been altered under guidance from Assembly highway officers and that it was also linked to the planning and developement of the new Pemberton park

The intention was that the lane would become a new bus route, unfortunately there had been some sort of hold up with the land owners stadium developers and the plans for the bus route were put on the back burner.

later in 2008 i attended an induction for the new role out of recycling, the new system removes glass and the county asked for suitable sites for bottle banks, Mike Watkins was keen and agreed that Tesco's could be a possible site for one these Bottle Banks, but he retired in September of last year and our store has has three tempory manages in the last eight months and the bottle bank idea fell by the wayside.

Recently our store was appointed a new permanent store manager and i asked him his view on recycling and he was keen to see it happen.

He was also keen to see the bus route developed and he made some enquiries with head office staff and the site owners and i now understand that the bus route negotiations and the recycling of bottles is back on the agenda

County Council officers have started negotiating with Tesco head office and the Site owners about these two issues thanks to the new store manager and early discussions look promising

Nia Griffith MP has also met the store manager with the mimister Wayne David MP and we discussed transport issues and recycling targets during the site visit to look at the bus lane and proposed bus terminal

I understand the county would like to see a terminal in this lane and a bus route from Burry Port to Tesco Trostre

if discussions continue with the land owners it could be a big improvement

Watch this space?