CARDIGAN town councillors have pledged to try and recruit the support of health chiefs in their efforts to get more signs erected pointing to the town’s new Integrated Care Centre at Rhodfa’r Felin.

It comes after a letter from Anna Alderson, a senior information officer at Hywel Dda University Health Board, confirming such a move would have to come from Ceredigion County Council.

Town mayor Cllr Clive Davies, who had previously revealed complaints from patients unable to find the centre, admitted he was perplexed by the situation.

“I just cannot understand it,” he told colleagues. “I walk down to Gwbert a lot and I see signs on the mini-roundabout which are blank.

“Some people just do not know where the centre is and as the town starts to emerge from lockdown and the numbers of tourists go up it’s clearly important to signpost a facility where emergency care is provided.”

“Shall we get Hywel Dda to write a letter to the county council calling for better signage? And enlist the help of the centre manager as well?”

Cllr Catrin Miles said there was a precedent as new signs had been provided for Cardigan’s former hospital which had formerly been blanked out.

Cllr John Adams-Lewis had revealed at a previous meeting that the local authority took the view that additional signage was not required for a number of reasons.

“People who attend tend to be local or otherwise use their satnavs to find their way,” he added. “So once they have attended any signs put up tend to become redundant.”

But Cllr Davies insisted the situation was unsatisfactory.

“Something needs to be done,” he said, “because people are having to go through town to get to the centre.

“I cannot understand why the county council are being so stubborn about changing a few signs.”