Aeron Valley councillors are urging the council to complete an unfinished footpath on a “dangerous road”, connecting two communities.

The campaign to connect Ffos-y-Ffin to Aberaeron with a pavement began four years ago in 2018, when Councillor Marc Davies first took on his role as county councillor for Ciliau Aeron.

In the first two years of his time as councillor, Ceredigion County Council completed phase one and two of the project.

However, the final phase, connecting Aberaeron to the existing pavement by Rhiwgoch estate is yet to be completed.

Cllr Davies said the delay has been “frustrating”: “I became a councillor four years ago, and we got onto the case. The officer applied for grants through the Safer Routes to School. It was decided to cut the project down to three phases.

“I must congratulate the authority for the first two phases, the work has been carried out to a high standard.

“Because of the success of the first two phases, we are under more pressure from parents because they use the route more, it’s a very successful project, but the last quarter of a mile or so that’s left is the most dangerous part.

“With the last phase, it should have been started before the pandemic. Obviously the pandemic played a part in the delay.

“We’ve been on to the council officers and the authority constantly. All respect to them, they have been under pressure with Covid-19, but now things have to move forward.

“The main priority for the authority and for me as a councillor is the safety of local residents, and children in particular.”

Aberaeron Councillor Elizabeth Evans has also been pushing for the completion of the pavement, which enters her ward: “The population in Ffos-y-Ffin has grown so much in the past ten to fifteen years. There’s a lot of children, and a lot them come to school in Aberaeron.

“The current footpath was completed two years ago. It goes to a point and then it stops, so we can’t ask children to walk on a pavement so far and then be at the mercy of oncoming and passing traffic.”

Cllr Davies continued: “Now that Ffos-y-Ffin is linked to Aberaeron, there are a larger number of people using the road. Being within two miles of Aberaeron school, obviously people have to pay to get to school, walk, or get their parents to take them.

“Being a parent myself, the dangers of walking down that road are well known.”

But Cllr Davies said the issue not only effects children walking to school or young families, but also elderly people walking their pets in the area.

Cllr Davies congratulated the work being done to connect the Aeron Valley, from Aberaeron to Felinfach, with a cycle path, but urged the council to “finish what we started”.

Ceredigion County Council have been contacted for a comment.